TY - JOUR
T1 - Correlation of the Hythe Beds Formation (Lower Greensand Group: early-mid-Aptian), southern England
AU - Ruffell, Alastair H.
PY - 1992/9/2
Y1 - 1992/9/2
N2 - The outcrop and sub-surface stratigraphy of the Hythe Beds Formation shows a coarsening-up cyclicity in the arenaceous successions of the western Weald Basin (Hants. & Surrey), and in the glauconitic/argillaceous deposits of Sussex/Kent. Correlation can be achieved through the identification of hiatus surfaces, the most distinctive of which are dark, smectite-enriched clays with belemnites and phosphate nodule beds. These beds are interpreted to be the product of transgressive conditions. Correlation may be difficult in clastic shelf successions: the use of distinctive transgressive event beds provides a model for other successions displaying similar facies.
AB - The outcrop and sub-surface stratigraphy of the Hythe Beds Formation shows a coarsening-up cyclicity in the arenaceous successions of the western Weald Basin (Hants. & Surrey), and in the glauconitic/argillaceous deposits of Sussex/Kent. Correlation can be achieved through the identification of hiatus surfaces, the most distinctive of which are dark, smectite-enriched clays with belemnites and phosphate nodule beds. These beds are interpreted to be the product of transgressive conditions. Correlation may be difficult in clastic shelf successions: the use of distinctive transgressive event beds provides a model for other successions displaying similar facies.
U2 - 10.1016/S0016-7878(08)80126-5
DO - 10.1016/S0016-7878(08)80126-5
M3 - Article
SN - 0016-7878
VL - 103
SP - 273
EP - 291
JO - Proceedings of the Geologists' Association
JF - Proceedings of the Geologists' Association
IS - 4
ER -