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	Greensand - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Greensand is an olive-green coloured sandstone rock which found in narrow bands, particularly associated with bands of chalk and clay in northern and western Europe.
		Most greensand formations were deposited in marine environments during the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods.
		Greensand is a common ingredient in garden fertilisers.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Greensand (113 words)

	GAULT - LoveToKnow Article on GAULT (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-15)
		Chert-bandsand nodules are common in the Upper Greensand of certain districts; and calcareous concretions, locally recognized as cowstones (Lyme Regis), doggers,or buhrstones, are not infrequent.
		The Gault (with Upper Greensand) crops out all round the Wealden area; it extends beneath the London basin and reappears from beneath the northern scarp of the Chalk along the foot of the Chiltern Hills to near Tring.
		The Gault (with Upper Greensand) passes on to the Jurassic and Rhaetic rocks near Axmouth, and oversteps farther westward, in the Haldon Hills, on to the Permian.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /G/GA/GAULT.htm (749 words)

	Greensand (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-15)
		Greensand is glauconite, an iron pottasium silicate with very low resistance.
		Greensand was laid down during the Jurassic period.
		Greensand is a commmon ingredient in garden fertilisers.
	pedia.newsfilter.co.uk /wikipedia/g/gr/greensand.html (65 words)

	GREENSAND - LoveToKnow Article on GREENSAND (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-15)
		The Lower Greensand is typically developed in the Wealden district, in the Isle of Wight, in Dorsetshire about Swanage, and it appears again beneath the northern outcrop of the Chalk in Berkshire, Oxfordshire and Bedfordshire, and thence it is traceable through Norfolk and Lincoinshire into east Yorkshire.
		The upper ironstone, limestone and clay of the Lincolnshire Tealby beds appear to belong to this horizon along with the upper part of the Speeton beds of Yorkshire.
		The sands of the Lower Greensand are largely employed for the manufacture of glass, for which purpose they are dug at Aylesford, Godstone, neat Reigate, Hartshill, near Aylesbury and other places; the ferrugin,ius sand is worked as an iron ore at Seend.
	www.1911encyclopedia.com /G/GR/GREENSAND.htm (875 words)

	Sussex Downs Landscape Assessment
		From the west AONB boundary near Harting to the village of Bury on the west slope of the Arun valley, the Upper Greensand bench is incised by numerous streams flowing northwards from the spring line near the foot of the escarpment.
		The edge of the Upper Greensand bench is marked by an indented low ridge with fairly steep slopes overlooking the Gault vale to the north.
		To the east of Washington the landform of the Upper Greensand bench ceases to have significant visual influence and from here to the Lewes area, the landscape of the scarp footslopes is characterised by undulating relief and drained by numerous small north flowing streams.
	www.vic.org.uk /edu/sdla/16.htm (2715 words)

	ALBI - LoveToKnow Article on ALBI (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-15)
		In England it is usual to regard the Albian stage as equivalent to the Upper Greensand plus Gault, that is, to the " Selbornian " of Jukes-Browne.
		The English practice is to commence the upper Cretaceous with the Albian; on the other hand, thjs stage closes the lower Cretaceous according to continental usage.
		In addition to the formations mentioned.above, the following representatives of the Albian stage are worthy of notice: the gaize and phosphatic beds of Argonne and Bray in France; the Flammenmergel of North Germany; the lignites df Utrillas in Spain; the Upper Sandstones of Nubia, and the Fredericksburg beds of North America.
	29.1911encyclopedia.org /A/AL/ALBI.htm (2432 words)

	ALBIAN (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-15)
		In England it is usual to regard the Albian stage as equivalent to the Upper Greensand plus Gault, that is, to the ``Selbornian'' of Jukes-Browne.
		The English practice is to commence the upper Cretaceous with the Albian; on the other hand, this stage closes the lower Cretaceous according to continental usage.
		In addition to the formations mentioned above, the following representatives of the Albian stage are worthy of notice: the gaize and phosphatic beds of Argonne and Bray in France; the Flammenmergel of North Germany; the lignites of Iltrillas in Spain; the Upper Sandstones of Nubia, and the Fredericksburg beds of North America.
	simplestartpage.com /2301_ALBIAN.HTML (233 words)

	HOP - LoveToKnow Article on HOP (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-15)
		The upper or hemispherical portion bears a delicate continuous membrane, the cuticle, which becomes raised by the secretion beneath it of the yellowish lupulin.
		Thus, East Kents are grown upon the Chalk, and especially on the outcrop of tile soils of the London Tertiaries upon the Chalk.
		Mid Kents are derived principally from the Greensand soils and outcrops of the London Tertiaries in the upper part of the district.
	20.1911encyclopedia.org /H/HO/HOP.htm (5705 words)

	Faringdon History
		The term 'Greensand' applies to the occurrence in Wiltshire from which the formation was first described, and there, as the name indicates, it is a sandy rock.
		The Gault Clay is overlain by the Upper Greensand Formation and this in turn is surmounted by the Chalk forming the prominant ridge of the Downs to the south of Faringdon.
		Both 'Greensands' are conducive to human habitation, they drain well, are fertile and easily tilled The Upper Greensand forms a notable rise at the base of the Chalk escarpment, travellers from Faringdon to Wantage will probalby have noticed this distinct rise as they pass through East Challow.
	www.faringdon.org /hygeology.htm (2514 words)

	ENGLISH NATURE - Special Sites
		The Gault is overlain by the Upper Greensand, a series of dark green to grey sands with calcareous concretions which give way to sands with chert and shell beds.
		In the western part of this area the Upper Greensand is devoid of calcareous material but the sands yield superb fossils of marine bivalves and gastropods (snails) preserved in silica.
		Overlying the Upper Greensand is the Upper Cretaceous chalk.
	www.english-nature.org.uk /special/geological/sites/area_ID10.asp (2720 words)

	GAULT - Online Information article about GAULT
		common in the Upper Greensand of certain districts; and calcareous concretions, locally recognized as cowstones (Lyme Regis), doggers or buhrstones, are not infrequent.
		BASIN, or BASON (the older form bacin is found in many of the Romanic languages, from the Late Lat.
		English geologists the practice is to commence the Upper Cretaceous with this formation.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /GAG_GEO/GAULT.html (1151 words)

	Pelobates - Issue 43 - The Brockham Hearthstone Mines and the Betchworth Fault - Croydon Caving Club (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-15)
		Gossling's remarks on the geological structure of the district are important in connection with the study of the quarries and mines in the Upper Greensand, and throw a little additional light on what little is known about the extent of the Brockham Hearthstone Mines.
		Any faulting and flexures in the Upper Greensand bed have, of course, implications for the working of sound building stone, or the construction of safe underground galleries.
		A little further eastward a further displacement of the Upper Greensand outcrop to the south-east may be accounted for by a small fault, and one has accordingly been inserted in the map [i.e.
	www.croydoncavingclub.org.uk /Archive/Pelobates/043/S14.htm (896 words)

	UK FOSSILS, 161 Fossil Collecting Locations! geological guides and thousands of photos
		The cliff sections that are to be examined are that of the Upper Greensand.
		Upper Greensand fossils can also be quite worn and sometimes difficult to see.
		Look out for patchs of 'Soft Greensand' it is a good idea to take a trowel or knife for this, some excellent shells can be found.
	www.ukfossils.co.uk /sec094a.htm (194 words)

	GREENSAND - Encyclopedia Britannica - GREENSAND - JCSM's Study Center (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-15)
		Greensand, a local phase of the base of the Chalk (q.v.).
		The Lower Greensand was first examined in detail by W. Fitton (Q.J.G.S. iii., 1847), who, in 1845, had proposed the name " Vectine " for the formation.
		The name was revived under the form " Vectian " in 1885 by A. Jukes-Browne, because, although sands and sandstones prevail, the green colour has often changed by oxidation of the iron to various shades of red and brown, and other lithological types, clays and limestones represent this horizon in certain areas.
	jcsm.org /StudyCenter/Encyclopedia_Britannica/GRA_GUI/GREENSAND.html (1052 words)

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		It is said generally that the upper and under surfaces of strata, or the "planes of stratification," are parallel.
		The upper valve (b, Figure 12) is almost invariably wanting, though occasionally found in a perfect state of preservation in white chalk at some distance.
		Upper Eocene, Isle of Wight.) The seed-vessels and stems of Chara, a genus of aquatic plants, are very frequent in fresh-water strata.
	ibiblio.org /pub/docs/books/gutenberg/etext03/geogy10.txt (15728 words)

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		Landforms of the western Wealden Greensand vary from the more-or-less parallel sandstone ridges to the dramatic and steep scarp slopes and the rounded clay vales containing river valleys with broad plains.
		A notable feature of the southern arm of the Wealden Greensand is the extensive wetlands of West Sussex, in particular those associated with the river Arun and Amberley Wildbrooks where the water levels are controlled by sluices and the flat, treeless landscape is given vertical interest by the numerous reed-filled ditches.
		Oak standards and birch are prevalent on the lower Greensand while ash and hazel dominate the gault clays and upper Greensand with dogwood, elm, some small-leaved lime and sycamore, some oak and a diverse ground flora.
	www.zen21954.zen.co.uk /geology/greensand.htm (3356 words)

	WILTSHIRE - LoveToKnow Article on WILTSHIRE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-15)
		Cropping out from beneath the Chalk is a fringe of the SelbornianUpper Greensand and Gaultthe former is well exposed in the vale of Pewsey, west of Devizes, and along the margins of the vale of Wardour; it forms a broad, hilly tract from Mere through Stourton to Warminster.
		The Lower Greensand, which oversteps the underlying formations, appears from beneath the Gault at Poulshot and follows the same line of outcrop northwards; a small outlier at Seend is worked for the iron it contains.
		The Upper Liasthe oldest formation in the countyforms the floor of the valley near Box; it is followed by the overlying Inferior Oolite and Fullers Earth.
	97.1911encyclopedia.org /W/WI/WILTSHIRE.htm (4948 words)

	Edburton \| British History Online
		A chimneystack and an upper floor were inserted into the former open hall in the 17th century, and the house was at some time shortened to the north and extended to the south.
		A chimneystack and an upper floor were added later, and the west end was extended or rebuilt in the 17th century.
		Truleigh Farm occupies the same Upper Greensand outcrop as Edburton village, forming another link in the chain of closely spaced settlements at the downs' foot which includes Tottington in Upper Beeding to the west and Perching and Fulking to the east.
	www.british-history.ac.uk /report.asp?compid=18397 (1289 words)

	Lulworth Cove - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Behind this are 300-350 metres of much less resistant clays and greensands (Wealdon clays, Gault and Upper Greensand).
		Forming the back of the cove is a >250 metre wide band of chalk, which is considerably more resistant than the clays and sands, but less resistant than the limestones.
		The wide part of the cove is where the weak clays and greensands have been eroded.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lulworth_Cove (725 words)

	Darwin, A monograph on the fossil Lepadididæ (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-15)
		Such valves, consequently, have their upper ends projecting from and beyond the capitulum, and are said to project freely or liberandegr;e; this is often more especially the case with the Carina in Pollicipes, and in a lesser degree with the Terga.
		In the first variety the upper part is simply concave, and the pit for the adductor very shallow; in the third variety, the same upper part is highly prominent, and apparently as a consequence the internal occludent edge is deeply furrowed; the pit for the adductor muscle is deepest in the second variety.
		The upper freely projecting portion is much thickened, and rendered almost horn-like, but to a variable extent; owing to this the width of the valve in the upper part also varies.
	pages.britishlibrary.net /charles.darwin4/fos_lepadidae/fos.lep.html (12940 words)

	Surrey Museums
		The Upper Chalk tends to be more fossiliferous - or at least more fossils are seen and collected from it since many are preserved in flint which occurs both in nodules and tabular masses within it.
		On the Downs the Upper Chalk more often than not forms the shallow dip slope of the escarpment and this may be exposed in small quarries, road-cuttings, and the fossils within residual flints lying on the surface.
		In the NW of the county Middle and Upper Eocene clays and sandstones form the heathland of Surrey Heath and Chobham Ridge and also outcrop to the east at Runnymede, Chertsey, near Weybridge, and as far east as Painshill Park.
	www.surreymuseums.org.uk /collections/geology/geosur.html (3179 words)

	BERKHAMPSTEAD - LoveToKnow Article on BERKHAMPSTEAD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-15)
		At the foot of the Chalk escarpment is the Upper Greensand with a narrow croptowards the west which is broken up into patches eastwards.Looking northward from the Chalk hills, the low-lying groundis occupied successively by the Gault Clay, the Kimmeridge Clay,and finally by the Oxford Clay, which extends beyond thethames into Oxfordshire.
		This low-lying tract is relieved by anelevated ridge of Corallian beds, between the Kimmeridge Clayand the Gault.
		Berkshire and Oxfordshire had a commofi sheriff until the reign of Elizabeth, and the shire court was held at Grauntpont.
	85.1911encyclopedia.org /B/BE/BERKHAMPSTEAD.htm (4489 words)

	the virtual pasture - geology and geomophology
		The greensand is overlain by chalk - Chimney Rock in nearby Ware is comprised of middle chalk - a rather dirty greyish rock with abundant chert seams.
		In the summer, the upper course is dry, but halfway down, there is a mysterious, still pool which always has a steady trickle of water leaving it.
		The upper slopes of the hill are mostly terraced: these small ridges and flats are about 1m in amplitude, and are caused by soil creep down the hill.
	lois.co.uk /pasture/geology.shtml (823 words)

	Geology Field Guide - Osmington Mills - Pt. 5 - Black Head, Dorset, UK
		Landward of this and retained by a fault is water-saturated Gault and Upper Greensand.
		The numerous boulders are dominantly of calcite-cemented Upper Greensand and are the large wave resistant residue of the debris of the mudslides.
		The Upper Greensand boulders on the beach are divisible into two types according to Arkell (1947).
	www.soton.ac.uk /~imw/osblack.htm (4951 words)

	dorsetfg
		At Lulworth Cove the Chalk, Greensand, Wealden, Purbeck and Portland rock types of Upper Juarassic and Cretaceous age are visible.
		The Frome Beds, the upper part of the Fuller's Earth of Middle Jurassic age to the west of the car park.
		Below the Upper Greensand is the Gault Clay which sits unconformably on beds of Lower Jurassic age.
	www.geologyshop.co.uk /dorsetfg.htm (741 words)

	Washington Parish Council Plan, Landscape and Heritage
		The Upper Greensand forms a slight ridge along which runs The Street, an ancient roadway continuing in the form of a bridleway towards Sullington.
		To the north of it is a narrow band of dense, sticky Gault Clay.
		The three ancient East-West roads - the Downland ridgeway, the Greensand Way and the medieval underhill route along the Upper Greensand ridge - were all ignored when a similar early 19th century turnpike (now the A283) was made from Storrington to Steyning.
	www.wpc.org.uk /plan/section_1.htm (2060 words)

	Photo 26 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-15)
		The sea cliffs are cut into Sandrock, the upper undercliff bench is formed within Gault Glay, mantled by a thick accumulation of landslide debris.
		The upper backscar is cut into Upper Greensand capped by Chert Beds.
		Major reactivation events in 1928, 1935, 1952, 1978 and 1994 have involved en masse seaward movements of debris across the upper bench with instability extending landward to the backscar toe.
	www.stream.port.ac.uk /ENVIRONMENT/SCOPAC5/sow1/photos/photo26.htm (91 words)

	Strata and Fossils of the Lulworth Cove Area.
		This is a conspicuous limestone breccia of varying thickness, usually divisible into two distinct parts, the upper of angular limestone blocks, the lower of limestone blocks in soft calcitised anhydrite matrix.
		In the Unio Bed of the Upper Purbeck Formation freshwater gastropods (Viviparus)and the freshwater bivalve Unio porrectus are common in glauconitic limestone of lacustrine origin.
		The Lower Greensand is very poorly developed at Lulworth Cove partly because of general westward overstepping and because this was a swell or relative uplift area in mid Cretaceous times (because of Late Kimmerian movements).
	www.soton.ac.uk /~imw/lulstrat.htm (6704 words)

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