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Palaeogene warping in the Isle of Wight

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

B. Daley  and
N. Edwards
B. Daley
Affiliation:
Geology Division, Department of Chemistry and Geology, Portsmouth Polytechnic, Portsmouth PO1 3QL
N. Edwards
Affiliation:
Geology Division, Department of Chemistry and Geology, Portsmouth Polytechnic, Portsmouth PO1 3QL
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Summary

Gentle folding or warping, of Lower Oligocene age, pre-dating the main post-Hamstead Beds folding, is indicated where the Bembridge Marls rest unconformably on eroded Bembridge Limestone. The folding appears to have been along generally NW–SE trending axes. This trend is compatible with penecontemporaneous and even earlier folding in Southern England and adjacent parts of north-western Europe. In Southern England, the main folding may have been earlier than the Miocene age generally accepted.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 108 , Issue 5 , September 1971 , pp. 399 - 405
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1971

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