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Earth Science — Isle of Wight Stratigraphy

Cretaceous to Oligocene strata of the island.

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Isle of Wight stratigraphyBembridge LimestoneOligocene0.00 mHeadon Hill FormationEocene0.50 mBarton GroupEocene1.30 mBracklesham GroupEocene2.00 mLondon ClayEocene2.90 mReading FormationPaleocene4.10 mChalk GroupCretaceous4.60 mWealden GroupEarly Cretaceous6.40 m7.80 m8 layers, 7.80 m, every contact the right way up.

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title "Isle of Wight stratigraphy"
type column
layer "Bembridge Limestone" thickness 0.5 color "#d6c8a0" age "Oligocene"
layer "Headon Hill Formation" thickness 0.8 color "#c0a878" age "Eocene"
layer "Barton Group" thickness 0.7 color "#9a8a6a" age "Eocene"
layer "Bracklesham Group" thickness 0.9 color "#6a7a5a" age "Eocene"
layer "London Clay" thickness 1.2 color "#5b6b4a" age "Eocene"
layer "Reading Formation" thickness 0.5 color "#a98a6a" age "Paleocene"
layer "Chalk Group" thickness 1.8 color "#eef2f7" age "Cretaceous"
layer "Wealden Group" thickness 1.4 color "#8a6a5a" age "Early Cretaceous"