Wright, J.K. & Cox, B.M. 2001. British Upper Jurassic Stratigraphy. Geological Conservation Review Series, No. 21, JNCC, Peterborough, ISBN 1 86107 482 4. The original source material for these web pages has been made available by the JNCC under the Open Government Licence 3.0. Full details in the JNCC Open Data Policy

British Upper Jurassic stratigraphy

Contents

Title page and preliminaries

Acknowledgements

Access to the countryside

Foreword

1 General introduction to Oxfordian and Kimmeridgian stratigraphy

Introduction

Palaeoenvironment and palaeogeography

The Oxfordian–Kimmeridgian outcrop

Stratigraphical nomenclature

Upper Jurassic fauna

GCR site selection

Volume structure

2 Upper Jurassic stratigraphy from Dorset to Oxford

Introduction

Osmington

Black Head

Ringstead

Sandsfoot

East Fleet–Small Mouth

East Fleet

Lynch Cove

Tyneham Cap–Hounstout

Blind Lane

Westbury

Steeple Ashton

Seend Cleeve

Old Town, Swindon

Shellingford Crossroads

Lamb and Flag

Dry Sandford

Cumnor

Littlemore Railway Cutting

Cross Roads Quarry

Magdalen Quarry

Lye Hill Quarry

Littleworth Brick Pit

3 Upper Jurassic stratigraphy in the East Midlands

Introduction

Upware South Pit

Dimmock's Cote Quarry

Warboys Clay Pit

Roslyn Hole

South Ferriby

4 Upper Jurassic stratigraphy in North Yorkshire

Introduction

Speeton Sands

Filey Brigg

Tenants' Cliff Cayton Bay

Cornelian Bay

Hackness Head

Betton Farm

Spikers Hill

Newbridge

Green Lane Pit and Golden Hill Pit

Shaw's Gate Quarry

Snape Hill

Nunnington

Wath Quarry, Hovingham

5 Upper Jurassic stratigraphy in Scotland

Introduction

Balintore

Brora

Helmsdale

Staffin

Kildorais

North Elgol Coast

References

Glossary

Fossil index

General index

Figures

References