Staithes Sandstone Formation information

The Staithes Sandstone Formation is a geological formation in North Yorkshire, England. Part of the Lias Group, it is Pliensbachian in age. The lithology...

present. The formation lies conformably on the prolifically-fossiliferous shallow marine sandstone, siltstone and mudrock of the Staithes Formation. There are...

beds of limestone and the upper part having thin beds of sandstone. The Redcar Mudstone Formation at Wine Haven, Robin Hood's Bay, Yorkshire contains the...

Dogger Formation Lias Group (early/lower Jurassic) Whitby Mudstone Formation (including the Mulgrave Shale Member) Cleveland Ironstone Formation Staithes Sandstone...

as far as Staithes and around Robin Hood's Bay from Homerell Hole south to Old Peak/South Cheek. The overlying Staithes Sandstone Formation comprises...

Lias is divided into the following formations (from top to base): Whitby Mudstone Cleveland Ironstone Staithes Sandstone Redcar Mudstone In South Wales only...

shales to sandstones and limestones derived from coral. These marine and delta deposited rocks are well exposed on the Yorkshire coast from Staithes to Filey...

construction of three high-level timber coal staithes connecting to the Mount Keira and Mount Pleasant rail lines. The staithes were elevated platforms on timber...

between Staithes and Port Mulgrave. The burial of algae and bacteria below the mud of the sea floor during this time resulted in the formation of North...

to sandstones and limestones derived from coral. These marine and delta deposited rocks are superbly exposed on the Yorkshire coast from Staithes to Filey...

Nodules of ironstone were quarried from the beaches and cliffs between Staithes and Kettleness since the 1830s, but this was at the mercy of the weather...

Pennine Coal Measures and further west again the sandstones and mudstones of the Stainmore Formation, the local equivalent of the Millstone Grit. In large...

Fossil Coast, the area is around 35 miles (56 km) long and stretches from Staithes in the north and south to Flamborough. At Whitby dinosaur footprints are...