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Ludlow Bone Bed

Silurian (Ludlow)

PERIOD
GROUP
FORMATION
Silurian
Ludlow
Ludlow Bone Bed Member

Lithology
Siltstone and fine sandstone with phosphate pebbles and fish fragments.

Upper Boundary
Base of grey, cross-bedded sandstones of the Downton Castle Sandstone.

Lower Boundary
Above mudstones and siltstones of Whitcliffe Beds.

Representative Sites
No Representative Exposures

Information on lithology and boundaries taken from the British Geological Survey Lexicon of Named Rock Units
and BGS Memoirs.

 

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