Chalk Group Lithostratigraphy: Northern England - Rowley Marls

These four marls, each c. 20 mm thick, occupy a c. 3 m interval of massive, inoceramid shell rich chalk (Gaunt et al., 1992). In their stratigraphical position, in the lower M. coranguinum Zone, they appear to compare with the Belle Tout Marls of Sussex.

Macrofossil Biozonation: basal M. coranguinum Zone (= Lower Hagenowia rostrata Zone of Whitham, 1991)

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.

See: Belle Tout Marls