Solent Group

Solent Group
Stratigraphic range: Priabonian - Rupelian
Bembridge Limestone Formation (harder white weathering layers) and overlying clays of the Bouldnor Formation at the northern end of Whitecliff Bay, Isle of Wight.
TypeGroup
Sub-unitsHeadon Hill Formation, Bembridge Limestone Formation & Bouldnor Formation
UnderliesQuaternary at an unconformity
OverliesBarton Group
Thicknessup to 190 m
Location
RegionHampshire Basin, England
CountryUnited Kingdom
Type section
Named forSolent

The Solent Group is a geological group in the Hampshire Basin of southern England. It preserves fossils ranging in age from Priabonian (uppermost Eocene) to Rupelian (lower Oligocene).[1] The group is subdivided into three formations, the Headon Hill Formation, the Bembridge Limestone Formation and the Bouldnor Formation.[2]

  1. ^ "Solent Group". The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units. British Geological Survey. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
  2. ^ Hopson P. (2011). "The geological history of the Isle of Wight: an overview of the 'diamond in Britain's geological crown'" (PDF). Proceedings of the Geologists' Association. 122 (5): 745–763. Bibcode:2011PrGA..122..745H. doi:10.1016/j.pgeola.2011.09.007.