This article is about the clay formation. For other uses, see Gault (disambiguation).
Gault Formation
Stratigraphic range: Albian 112–100 Ma
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An exposed surface of Gault clay on the foreshore near Beachy Head, East Sussex
Type
Geological formation
Unit of
Selborne Group
Underlies
Upper Greensand Formation, Cambridge Greensand, Chalk Group
Overlies
Monk's Bay Sandstone Formation, Folkestone Formation, Woburn Sands Formation, Carstone Formation, overstepping of Jurassic and Triassic rocks in Southern England
Thickness
2 m in Norfolk to 110 m in the Weald
Lithology
Primary
Mudstone, clay
Other
Limestone
Location
Region
England
Country
UK
Type section
Location
Copt Point, Folkestone
The Gault Formation is a geological formation of stiff blue clay deposited in a calm, fairly deep-water marine environment during the Lower Cretaceous Period (Upper and Middle Albian). It is well exposed in the coastal cliffs at Copt Point in Folkestone, Kent, England, where it overlays the Lower Greensand formation, and underlies the Upper Greensand Formation.[1] These represent different facies, with the sandier parts probably being deposited close to the shore and the clay in quieter water further from the source of sediment; both are believed to be shallow-water deposits.[2]
The etymology of the name is uncertain and probably of local origin.[3]
^"Selborne Group". The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units. British Geological Survey. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
^Gallois, R.W.; Edmunds, M.A. (1965). The Wealden District. British Regional Geology series (4th ed.). British Geological Survey. ISBN 0-11-884078-9.
^The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary. Clarendon Press. 1973.
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