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Geological Guide to Weybourne, Norfolk

Forest bed, and chalk section
(Wroxham Crag, and Upper Chalk section) - 2000

The uppermost beds at Weybourne are Glacial, this is followed by the Wroxham Crag formation from the Pastonian and Pre-Pastonian Stage which its thickly bedded shell deposits and iron-pan rest upon the upper chalk. The Wroxham Crag was formally known as the 'Weybourne Crag'. It contains quartzite and is very similar to the Norwich crag except with a slight increase in a steady fall in temperature. A bed of clay, sand and pebbles was laid down just after the Chillesford Beds and deposited creating the Wroxham Crag.

Chalk faces at Weybourne
(Chalk faces at Weybourne) - 2000

The upper chalk tends to be of limited zones. The chalk contains a lot of flint. The chalk is of the Campanian stage, marked by the zones of Echinocorys Scutata.


How this location looked during the Cretaceous - Crinoid
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How this location looked during the Cretaceous - Heterocentrotus mammilatus
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How this location looked during the Cretaceous - Heterocentrotus trigonarius
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How this location looked during the Cretaceous - Coral
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How this location looked during the Cretaceous - Culcita novaeguineae
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Quaternary
Holocene
0.00 to 0.01
Late
Devensian 0.01 to 0.12
Ipswichian 0.12 to 0.13
Middle
Wolstonian 0.13 to 0.20
Hoxnian 0.20 to 0.25
Anglian 0.25 to 0.30
Cromerian 0.30 to 0.40
Early
Beestonian 0.40 to 0.60
Pastonian 0.60 to 0.80
Pre-Pastonian 0.80 to 1.30
Bramertonian 1.30 to 1.55
Cretaceous
Late
Maastrichtian 65.0 to 71.0
Campanian 71.0 to 83.0
Santonian 83.0 to 86.0
Contacian 86.0 to 89.0
Turonian 89.0 to 93.0
Cenomanian 93.0 to 98.9
Early
Albian 98.9 to 111
Aptian 111 to 121
Barremian 121 to 127
Hauterivian 127 to 132
Valanginian 132 to 137
Ryazanian
Berriasian
137 to 142

Pleistocene
0.01 - 1.55 MYA
FORMATIONS AND DEPOSITS
LOCATIONS
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Portland Rasied Beach
 
Selsey Beds
 
March Gravels
 
Clyde Beds
 
Taplow
 
Upper Flood Plain Thames Terraces
 
Eemian
 
Wurmian
 
Lower Flood Plain Themes Terrace
 
M
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D
D
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E
Wexford Gravels
 
Isle of Man Depostis
 
Hoxnian
 
Boyn Hill Thames Terrace
 
Rissian
 
E
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L
Y
Corton Beds
Corton
Bridlington Crag  
Yoldia Beds  
Westleton Beds Wangford Quarry
Chillesford Beds  
Cromerian

Pakefield
West Runton
Overstrand

Mindelian
 
Gunzian
 
Pre-Gunzian
 
Wroxham Crag Formation
Weybourne
West Runton
Overstrand

Campanian
71 - 83 MYA
FORMATIONS AND DEPOSITS
LOCATIONS
Paramoudra Chalk  
Beeston Chalk West Runton
Weybourne Chalk Weybourne
Pre-Weybourne Chalk  
Portsdown Chalk Member Whitecliff Bay
Culver Cliff
Culver Group Spetisbury Chalk Member Whitecliff Bay
Culver Cliff
Bembridge Quarry
Tarrant Chalk Member
Newhaven Group Whitecliff Ledge Member Whitecliff Bay
Culver Cliff
Bastion Steps Peacehaven
Whitecliff Bay
Culver Cliff
Meeching Peacehaven
Whitecliff Bay
Culver Cliff
Peacehaven Peacehaven
Whitecliff Bay
Culver Cliff
Old Nore Marl Peacehaven
Whitecliff Bay
Culver Cliff

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