Inferior Oolite

Inferior Oolite Group
Stratigraphic range: Aalenian–Bathonian (Middle Jurassic)
Inferior Oolite at Leckhampton Hill, Gloucestershire.
TypeGroup
Sub-unitsEast Midlands

Cotswolds

Dorset -Lower, Upper Inferior Oolite Formations
UnderliesGreat Oolite Group
OverliesLias Group
Thickness0 - 120 m
Lithology
Primarylimestones
Othersandstone, mudstone
Location
CountryEngland

The Inferior Oolite is a sequence of Jurassic age sedimentary rocks in Europe. It was deposited during the Middle Jurassic.[1] The Inferior Oolite Group as more recently defined is a Jurassic lithostratigraphic group (a sequence of rock strata) in southern and eastern England . It has been variously known in the past as the Under Oolite (or Oolyte), the Inferior Oolite, the Inferior Oolite Series and the Redbourne Group.[2]

  1. ^ Weishampel, David B; et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Middle Jurassic, Europe)." In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 538–541. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.
  2. ^ Waters, C.N. et al. 2007 Stratigraphical Chart of the United Kingdom: Southern Britain British Geological Survey (poster)