Forest Marble Formation

Forest Marble Formation
Stratigraphic range: Bathonian
Forest Marble Formation exposed in Kirtlington Quarry, Oxfordshire
TypeGeological formation
Unit ofGreat Oolite Group
UnderliesCornbrash Formation
OverliesWhite Limestone Formation, Athelstan Oolite Formation, Chalfield Oolite Formation, Corsham Limestone Formation, Frome Clay
ThicknessUp to 5m thick in Buckinghamshire, 10 to 30m in Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire, 30 to about 50m in north Dorset, 30 to 75m in south Dorset
Lithology
PrimaryMudstone, Limestone
OtherSiltstone, Sandstone
Location
RegionBedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Dorset
CountryUnited Kingdom
Type section
Named forWychwood Forest

The Forest Marble is a geological formation in England. Part of the Great Oolite Group, it dates to the late Bathonian stage of the Middle Jurassic.

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