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The Woburn Sands Formation is a geological formation in England. Part of the Lower Greensand Group, it is the only unit of the group where it occurs, and thus is sometimes simply referred to as the 'Lower Greensand' in these areas. It was deposited during the late Aptian to early Albian stages of the Early Cretaceous.
North and west of London – including Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire – it is referred to as the Woburn Sands Formation. In Oxfordshire it is known as the Faringdon Sand. In North Wiltshire as the Calne Sands Formation and in parts of Wiltshire, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire as the Seend Ironstone Formation.
Lower Greensand Group / Faringdon Sand Formation: Cretaceous: Lower Greensand Group / Ferruginous Sands: Cretaceous: Lower Greensand Group / Folkestone Formation: Cretaceous: Lower Greensand Group / Hythe Formation: Cretaceous: Lower Greensand Group / Sandgate Formation: Cretaceous: Lower Greensand Group / Woburn Sand Formation: Cretaceous ...
Woburn Sands (/ ˈ w oʊ b ər n /) is a town that straddles the border between Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire in England, and is part of the Milton Keynes urban area. [2] The larger part of the town is in Woburn Sands civil parish, which is in the City of Milton Keynes, [3] Smaller parts of the town are in the neighbouring parishes of Aspley Guise and Aspley Heath (in Central Bedfordshire). [1]
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Woburn Sands Formation; Y. Yoredale Series This page was last edited on 2 November 2019, at 03:20 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...
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Greensand or green sand is a sand or sandstone which has a greenish color. This term is specifically applied to shallow marine sediment that contains noticeable quantities of rounded greenish grains. These grains are called glauconies and consist of a mixture of mixed-layer clay minerals, such as smectite and glauconite. Greensand is also ...