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Hornton Stone: battlefields, buildings and Jurassic seas
Author(s) -
Radley Jonathan D.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
geology today
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.188
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 1365-2451
pISSN - 0266-6979
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2451.2009.00721.x
Subject(s) - ironstone , marl , geology , escarpment , plateau (mathematics) , paleontology , sedimentary rock , mining engineering , archaeology , geochemistry , geography , structural basin , mathematical analysis , mathematics
The Hornton Stone is an unusually pure ooidal ironstone of the Lower Jurassic Marlstone Rock Formation, cropping out on the Edge Hill escarpment and adjacent ironstone plateau in central England. The stone has been quarried for building and ornamental purposes since Medieval times, and more recently as a source of iron ore. Local quarries and buildings provide excellent opportunities to appreciate its fossil content, sedimentary structures and origin.