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A Deep Boring at North Creake, Norfolk

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

P. E. Kent
P. E. Kent
Affiliation:
(D'Arcy Exploration Company)
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Summary

1. The North Creake boring shows the Chalk up to the Coranguinum zone to be appreciably thicker than at the nearest outcrops. The Chalk rests upon fine-grained Upper Greensand (possibly Albian) which is developed in addition to the normal Red Chalk.

2. The “Lower Greensand” is developed much as at outcrop, but the Sandringham Sands are thickened by one-third. There is a strong indication of a stratigraphical break in the middle of the Carstone, which may mark the boundary between the Aptian and Albian stages.

3. The Kimeridge, Corallian (Ampthill), and Oxford Clays are developed as in the King's Lynn district, and (in contrast to Southerey) normal Kellaways Beds rest on Cornbrash.

4. The upper part of the Great Oolite Series is in Blisworth Clay facies. The “Limestone” is raggy and non-oolitic.

5. The Great Oolite rests directly on bituminous shales which are believed to be of early Upper Lias date. The Middle and Lower Lias are well developed, but the latter is attenuated as a whole. There is a possible representative of the Lower Rhaetic.

6. The Trias is represented by varicoloured marls (Keuper) upon pale grey sandstone (probably Bunter). The latter rests directly on pre-Cambrian rocks comparable with tuffs and agglomerates of Chamwood.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 84 , Issue 1 , February 1947 , pp. 2 - 18
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1947

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