Sutton stone
Sutton stone is a geologic formation located only in South Wales. Sutton stone consists of white, conglomeratic limestones with pebbles of black chert (silica) and carboniferous limestones, laid down in early Jurassic times. It was named by geologist Henry De la Beche in 1846.[1]
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Sutton stone exposed near Ogmore-by-Sea.
Notes
- Simms, Michael J.; Little, Crispin T. S.; Rosen, Brian R. (2002). "Corals not serpulids: mineralized colonial fossils in the Lower Jurassic marginal facies of South Wales" (PDF). University of Leeds. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
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