The stratigraphical distribution of Mid-Cretaceous foraminifera near Ventor, Isle of Wight
Wilkinson, Ian P.; Hopson, Peter M.. 2011 The stratigraphical distribution of Mid-Cretaceous foraminifera near Ventor, Isle of Wight. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, 122 (5). 831-841. 10.1016/j.pgeola.2011.09.005Before downloading, please read NORA policies.
Ventnor No. 2 Borehole, located near Ventnor, Isle of Wight, penetrated the basal part of the Chalk Group and the Selborne Group before terminating in the upper part of the Lower Greensand Group (Sandrock Formation). The borehole was examined for Foraminifera, and although they were not seen in the Sandrock Formation and Monks Bay Sandstone Formation, the remainder of the borehole yielded moderately low diversity assemblages dominated by agglutinated species. Foraminiferal zones 3–6 (H dentatus to M. fallax/M. rostratum macrofaunal zones) were identified in the Gault Formation and zones 6 (lower) to 6a (M. fallax/M. rostratum to A. briacensis macrofaunal zones) were identified in the Upper Greensand Formation. Assemblages from the overlying West Melbury Marly Chalk Formation were used to identify foraminiferal zones BGS1-BGS3 (M. mantelli and M. dixoni macrofaunal zones).
|Item Type:||Publication - Article|
|Digital Object Identifier (DOI):||10.1016/j.pgeola.2011.09.005|
|Programmes:||BGS Programmes 2010 > Geology and Landscape (England)|
|Date made live:||07 Dec 2011 15:24|
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