Selborne Group | |
Type: | Group |
Period: | Albian |
Prilithology: | Glauconitic Sandstone, |
Otherlithology: | Mudstone, Limestone & Marl |
Region: | England |
Country: | United Kingdom |
Subunits: | Gault Formation, Upper Greensand Formation |
Underlies: | Chalk Group |
Overlies: | Lower Greensand Group |
Thickness: | up to 110 m in the Weald, but in marginal areas may be less than 5 m thick. |
The Selborne Group is a geologic group in England. It preserves fossils dating back to the Cretaceous period. It comprises the Gault Formation (informally/traditionally the Gault Clay or Blue Marl) and the overlying Upper Greensand Formation (earlier known as the Malm or Malm Rock).[1] [2]