Heather Formation

Heather Formation
Stratigraphic range: Middle - Late Jurassic
Type Formation
Underlies Kimmeridge Clay Formation
Overlies Pentland Formation
Lithology
Primary Claystones
Location
Country Norway, United Kingdom

The Heather Formation is a geologic formation occurring in Norway and the United Kingdom. It preserves fossils from the Bathonian to Early Kimmeridgian stages of the Middle to Late Jurassic period and was deposited in a marine, aerobic palaeoenvironment.

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