Chalk Group Lithostratigraphy: Northern England - Lower Pink Band
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A band of locally pink or brick-red coloured chalk (caused by secondary geochemical changes), comprising marly, nodular chalk (Gaunt et al., 1992), which Whitham (1991) noted typically weathered into small cubes. The rich brachiopod fauna includes abundant Terebratulina.
Macrofossil Biozonation: A. rhotomagense Zone
Correlation: see Correlation with other UK Chalk Group successions
References
GAUNT, G D, FLETCHER, T P & WOOD, C J. 1992. Geology of the country around Kingston-upon-Hull and Brigg. Memoir of the British Geological Survey.
WHITHAM, F.1991. The stratigraphy of the Upper Cretaceous Ferriby, Welton and Burnham formations north of the Humber, north-east England. Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society, Vol. 48(3), 227-255.