Solent Group

Solent Group
Stratigraphic range: Priabonian - Rupelian
Solent Group; Stratigraphic range: Priabonian - Rupelian
	Bembridge Limestone Formation (harder white weathering layers) and overlying clays of the Bouldnor Formation at the northern end of Whitecliff Bay, Isle of Wight.
Type	Group
Sub-units	Headon Hill Formation, & Bouldnor Formation
Underlies	Quaternary at an unconformity
Overlies	Barton Group
Thickness	up to 190 m
Location
Region	Hampshire Basin, England
Country	United Kingdom
Type section
Named for	Solent

The Solent Group is a geological group in the Hampshire Basin of southern England. It preserves fossils ranging in age from Priabonian (uppermost Eocene) to Rupelian (lower Oligocene).^[1] The group is subdivided into three formations, the Headon Hill Formation, the and the Bouldnor Formation.^[2]

References[]

Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 17 December 2021. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)

^ "Solent Group". The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units. British Geological Survey. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
^ Hopson P. (2011). "The geological history of the Isle of Wight: an overview of the 'diamond in Britain's geological crown'" (PDF). Proceedings of the Geologists' Association. 122 (5): 745–763. doi:10.1016/j.pgeola.2011.09.007.

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