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Geological Guide to Hayburn Wyke


(Hayburn Wyke) - 2006

At Hayburn Wyke, the Hayburn Wyke Plant Bed, part of the upper Saltwick Bay Formation yields many fossil plant remains.

SYSTEM / PERIOD / SERIES / STAGE
AGE (mya)
Jurassic
Late
Volgian Portlandian 142 to 147
Tithonian
147 to 150
Kimmeridgian
Late 150 to 154
Early
Oxfordian
Corallian 154 to 159.4
Late Oxford Clay
Middle
Callovian 159 to 165
Bathonian 165 to 170
Bajocian 170 to 177
Aalenian 177 to 180.1
Early
Toarcian (Late Lias) 180 to 190
Pliensbachian (Middle & Early Lias) 190 to 195
Sinemurian (Early Lias) 195 to 201
Hettangian (Early Lias) 201 to 205.7

Aalenian
177 to 180.1 MYA
FORMATIONS AND DEPOSITS
LOCATIONS
Early Inferior Oolite Burton Bradstock
West Bay
Scissum Beds Burton Bradstock
Bridport Sands Burton Bradstock
West Bay
Bearreraig Sandstone Formation Druim an Fhuarain Sandstone Member Glasnakille
Faoilean
Ravenscar Group Eller Beck Formation Hayburn Wyke
Ravenscar
Saltwick Formation

Saltwick Bay
Whitby
Hayburn Wyke
Sandsend
Ravenscar


1:250 000 Geological Map of Hayburn Wyke
Geological Maps are sold either Flat or Folded for Solid, or Seabed geology. Special editions may be available for certain locations. For a complete list click the link below.
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1: 50 000 Geological Map of Hayburn Wyke
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