Fuller's earth (bentonite) in the Lower Cretaceous (Upper Aptian) of Shanklin (Isle of Wight, southern England)

A 35 cm fuller's earth (bentonite) bed is recorded from the Upper Aptian (Lower Cretaceous) Ferruginous Sands Formation (Lower Greensand Group), southwest of Shanklin, Isle of Wight. The stratigraphic location and sedimentological context of the bed are described: the host succession is cyclica...

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Format: Journal article
Published: Geological Society Publishing House 2002
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