The Barton Formation is from the Bartonian age of the Upper Eocene. This is well known for being part of the Hampshire basin. The clays tend to be very sandy in the lower part, dark sandy clays with stiff drab clays in the middle part and light coloured clayey sands in the lower part. The Barton Clay in general is extremely fossiliferous. The Plateau Gravel is from the Pleistocene just after the Brickearth beds.
A2= Glauconitic sandy clays - Turricula lanceolata, Athleta athleta, Nummulites rectus, otoliths, sharks teeth.
A3=Stiff grey clay with beds of sand, Sconsia ambigua, Dientomochilus bartonensis, Bartonia canaliculata.
B=Grey Clays
C=Glauconitic sandy clays-Septaria at top and bottom, Clavilithes longaevus, Callista belgica, Athleta suspensus.
D=Glauconitic sandy clays
E=Glauconitic sandy clays, septaria at top, large shells
F=Brownish grey clay, Turritella corbula
G=Stone bed, Limestone of shells
H=Sandy clays, Hemiconus scrabriculus, Pollia lavata, Cardita oblonga, Conorbis dormitor, Glycymeris deleta, Crassatella tenuisulcata.
I=Sands Unfossiliferous.
(Barton Beds) - 2000
(Slippages at foreshore) - 2001
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Palaeogene |
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Chattian |
23.8 to 28.5 |
| Rupelian |
28.5 to 33.7 |
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Priabonian |
33.7 to 35.5 |
| Bartonian |
35.5 to 40.5 |
| Lutetian |
40.5 to 49.5 |
| Ypresian |
49.5 to 54.8 |
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Thanetian |
54.8 to 57.0 |
| Selandian |
57.0 to 60.5 |
| Danian |
60.5 to 65.0 |
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