MIDDLE ALBIAN STRATIGRAPHY 



IN THE 



ANGLO-PARIS BASIN 



By H. G. OWEN 



CONTENTS 



I. Introduction ..... 

 II. Acknowledgements .... 

 III. Description and correlation of sections 



A. Weald ..... 

 (i) Folkestone .... 



(ii) Folkestone to the Medway . 

 (iii) Medway to Trottiscliffe 



(a) Paddlesworth T* 



(b) Trottiscliffe 

 (iv) Sevenoaks area 



(a) Sevenoaks Brick Works Ltd 



(b) St. John's Brickyard 



(c) Dunton Green 



(d) Brasted 

 (v) Brasted to Buckland 



(a) Westerham 



(b) Tandridge . 



(c) Buckland . 

 (vi) Buckland to Upper Beeding 



(vii) Upper Beeding 

 (viii) Hassocks to Eastbourne 



B. Isle of Wight, Dorset Coast 

 (i) Isle of Wight 



(a) Redcliff 



(b) Rookley 



(c) Compton Bay 



(d) Ventnor to Niton 



(e) Blackgang . 

 (ii) Ballard Cliff to Osmington . 



(iii) Thorncombe Beacon to Black Ven 

 (iv) Conclusions ..... 



C. The outcrop from Devon to Bedfordshire 

 (i) Okeford Fitzpaine (Dorset) 



(ii) Vale of Wardour to Devizes (Wiltshire) 



(a) Vale of Wardour 



(b) Maiden Bradley to Devizes 



(c) Caen Hill, Devizes 

 (iii) Devizes to Thame (Oxon) 



(a) Badbury Wick (Wiltshire) 



(b) Badbury to Thame 



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