A Revised Correlation of the Cretaceous Rocks of the British Isles
Product code: SR028
Print publication date: 03/04/2025
Geological Society of London, GSL Special Reports, Earth Structure Processes and Tectonics, Stratigraphy, New
Type: Book (Paperback)
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 9781786206862
Author/Edited by: By A.S. Gale, W.J. Kennedy and M.A. Woods
Weight: 0.6kg
Number of pages: 158
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Special Report 28
Study of the Cretaceous rocks of the British Isles has a long history, extending back into the early nineteenth century, and British successions have been internationally important in the development of biostratigraphical and chemostratigraphical schemes. The book incorporates modern techniques (e. g. magnetostratigraphy and chemostratigraphy, marker bed stratigraphy) with bio- and lithostratigraphical frameworks in order to establish a detailed correlation, stage by stage, for the onshore Cretaceous succession. The study is aided by the recent establishment and ratification of international stage boundaries (Global boundary Standard Sections and Points) which are identified, some provisionally, in the British succession; all 12 Cretaceous stages are recognized, and the offshore succession is also summarized. Finally, the volume suggests possible future directions for research on Cretaceous rocks in order both to fill in significant gaps in knowledge and to progress understanding of the stratigraphy and correlation.
Preface
Author biographies
Chapter 1. A correlation of the Cretaceous rocks of the British Isles
1.1 Correlation methods
1.2 Non-biostratigraphic correlation
1.3 Distribution of Cretaceous rocks in the onshore UK
1.4 Preservation of Cretaceous rocks beneath the Paleogene unconformity
1.5 Offshore distribution of Cretaceous rocks around the British Isles
1.6 Code of conduct for fieldwork and sampling
References
Chapter 2. Berriasian
2.1 History, definition and boundary stratotype
2.2 Biostratigraphic correlation
2.3 Other correlation methods
2.4 Regional distribution
References
Chapter 3. Valanginian
3.1 History, definition and boundary stratotype
3.2 Biostratigraphic correlation
3.3 Other methods of correlation
3.4 Regional distribution
References
Chapter 4. Hauterivian
4.1 History, definition and boundary stratotype
4.2 Biostratigraphic correlation
4.3 Other methods of correlation
4.4 Regional distribution
References
Chapter 5. Barremian
5.1 History, definition and boundary stratotype
5.2 Biostratigraphic correlation
5.3 Other methods of correlation
5.4 Regional distribution
References
Chapter 6. Aptian
6.1 History, definition and boundary stratotype
6.2 Biostratigraphic correlation
6.3 Other methods of correlation
6.4 Regional distribution
References
Chapter 7. Albian
7.1 History, definition and boundary stratotype
7.2 Biostratigraphic correlation
7.3 Other methods of correlation
7.4 Regional distribution
References
Chapter 8. Cenomanian
8.1 History, definition and boundary stratotype
8.2 Biostratigraphic correlation
8.3 Other methods of correlation
8.4 Regional distribution
References
Chapter 9. Turonian
9.1 History, definition and boundary stratotype
9.2 Biostratigraphic correlation
9.3 Regional distribution
References
Chapter 10. Coniacian
10.1 History, definition and boundary stratotype
10.2 Biostratigraphic correlation
10.3 Other methods of correlation
10.4 Regional distribution
References
Chapter 11. Santonian
11.1 History, definition and boundary stratotype
11.2 Biostratigraphic correlation
11.3 Other methods of correlation
11.4 Regional distribution
References
Chapter 12. Campanian
12.1 History, definition and boundary stratotype
12.2 Biostratigraphic correlation
12.3 Other methods of correlation
12.4 Regional distribution
References
Chapter 13. Maastrichtian
13.1 History, definition and boundary stratotype
13.2 Biostratigraphic correlation
13.3 Other methods of correlation
13.4 Regional distribution
References
Chapter 14. Discussion and conclusions
14.1 Chalk correlation
14.2 Controls on chalk sedimentation
14.3 Cretaceous palaeogeography and facies
14.4 Suggestions for further work
References
Index
"The Special Report is organised in an ‘Introduction’, stage-specific chapters and a discussion/conclusions section at the end. For each stage there is a clear pattern for the contents which makes it easy for the reader to locate what they want to find (when used as an information source). Throughout, the layout and the quality of the figures is commendable
This Special Report (No. 28) will be an important reference for many years to come, as was the case with the Rawson et al. (1978) volume. It certainly does what it ‘says on the tin’ and the editors are to be congratulated for this outcome."
Malcolm Hart DSc FGS CGeol CSci, University of Plymouth
