Blackbrook Reservoir Formation
| Blackbrook Reservoir Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Ediacaran | |
 Blackbrook Reservoir, which gave its name to the formation, which itself can be found here. | |
| Type | Formation |
| Unit of | Blackbrook Group |
| Underlies | Beacon Hill Formation[2] |
| Overlies | Ives Head Formation[2] |
| Thickness | 610 m (2,001 ft)[2] |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Tuff |
| Other | Pelite |
| Location | |
| Region | Leicestershire |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Blackbrook Reservoir |
The Blackbrook Reservoir Formation is a geologic formation in Leicestershire, and lies within the wider Blackbrook Reservoir area.
References
- Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ^ Noble, Stephen R.; Condon, Daniel J.; Carney, John N.; Wilby, Philip R.; Pharaoh, Timothy C.; Ford, Trevor D. (January 2015). "U-Pb geochronology and global context of the Charnian Supergroup, UK: Constraints on the age of key Ediacaran fossil assemblages" (PDF). Geological Society of America Bulletin. 127 (1–2): 250–265. Bibcode:2015GSAB..127..250N. doi:10.1130/B31013.1.
- ^ a b c Moseley, John; Ford, Trevor. "The Sedimentology of the Charnian Supergroup" (PDF). Mercian Geologist.