Geological succession of Worcestershire
The table below shows a generalised stratigraphy for Worcestershire. Heavy black lines represent uncomformable relationships between underlying and overlying rocks.
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Quaternary
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Holocene
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Head Deposits
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Mass movements
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Peat Deposits
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Eymore Member
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Devensian
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Power House Member (SVT 1)
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Bretford Member (AVT1)
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Worcester Member (SVT2)
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Wasperton Member (AVT2)
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Holt Heath Member (SVT3)
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Ipswichian
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New Inn Member (AVT3)
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Wolstonian
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Ailstone Bed (AVT4)
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Kidderminster Station Member (SVT4)
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Pershore Member (AVT5)
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Bushley Green Member (SVT5)
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Hoxnian
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Spring Hill Member (SVT6)
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Anglican
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Glaciogenic Deposits
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Cromerian
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Mathon Formation
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Jurassic
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Inferior Oolite
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Lias Group
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Whitby Mudstones Formation
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Marlstone Rock Formation
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Dyrham Siltstone Formation
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Charmouth Mudstone Formation
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Blue Lias Formation
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Triassic
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Penarth Group
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Lilstock Formation
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Westbury Formation
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Mercia Mudstone Group
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Blue Anchor Formation
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Branscombe Mudstone Formation
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Arden Sandstone Formation
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Sidmouth Mudstone Formation
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Tarporley Silstone
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Sherwood Sandstone Group
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Bromsgrove Sandstone Formation
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Wildmoor Sandstone Formation
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Permian
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Bridgnorth Sandstone Formation
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Warwickshire Group
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Carboniferous
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Westphalian
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Salop Formation
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Halesowen Fm
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Coal Measures Group
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Upper Coal Measures
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Middle Coal Measures
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Lower Coal Measures
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Devonian
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Lower Old Red Sandstone
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St Maughans Formation
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Silurian
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Pridoli
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Downton Group
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Raglan Mudstone Formation
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Ludlow
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Downton Castle Sandstone Formation
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Aymestry Limestone Formation
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Wenlock
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Coalbrookdale Formation
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Woolhope Limestone Formation
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Llandovery
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Wyche Formation
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Ordovician
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Tremadoc
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Bronsil Shale
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Cambrian
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Merioneth
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White-Leaved Oak Shale Formation
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Comley
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Precambrian
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Kempsey Formation
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Reproduced with the permission of the British Geological Survey © NERC.
All Rights Reserved. Based upon information in the BGS
Lexicon and the BGS memoir ‘Geology of the country around Worcester,
1:50,000 scale sheet 199.
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