Clay-with-Flints

In geology, Clay-with-Flints was the name given by W. Whitaker in 1861 to a peculiar deposit of stiff red, brown or yellow clay containing unworn whole flints as well as angular shattered fragments, also with a variable admixture of rounded flint, quartz, quartzite and other pebbles.

Occurrence

The Formation is associated with deposits of the Chalk Group, subsequent Palaeogene and Neogene strata, and occasionally Upper Greensand.[1]

Formation

The formation is now considered to be a combination of residual and cryoturbated strata, and to be of a variety of ages.[2][3]

References
  1. Cooper, Mark R.; Troll, Valentin R.; Lemon, Kirstin (November 2018). "The 'Clay-with-Flints' deposit in Northern Ireland: reassessment of the evidence for an early Paleocene ignimbrite". Geological Magazine. 155 (8): 1811–1820. Bibcode:2018GeoM..155.1811C. doi:10.1017/S0016756817000760. ISSN 0016-7568.
  2. Anon. "Clay-with Flints formation". The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units. BGS. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
  3. Gallois, R. W. (2009). "The origin of the Clay-with-flints: the missing link". Geoscience in South-West England. 12: 153–161.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Clay-with-Flints". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.

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