The quarry exposes a section through the Marl Slate and the Ford and Raisby Formations of the Upper Permian. It is the type locality for the Raisby Formation, a carbonate unit of the English Zechstein sequence.[1] The exposed sequence commences with the Yellow Sands, which are overlain by the Marl Slate and some 200 feet of calcareous and dolomitic limestones.[2]
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^ ab"Raisby Hill Quarry : Reasons for SSSI status" (PDF). Natural England. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
^"Reports of Field Meetings for 1947". Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society. 27 (4): 301–306. June 1949. Bibcode:1949PYGS...27..301.. doi:10.1144/pygs.27.4.301.
raisby, hill, quarry, site, special, scientific, interest, east, county, durham, england, lies, just, under, kilometres, east, village, coxhoe, site, special, scientific, interestlocationmagic, mapnearest, citycity, durhamcoordinates54, 71194, 47000, 71194, 47. Raisby Hill Quarry is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in east County Durham England It lies just under 2 kilometres 1 2 mi east of the village of Coxhoe Raisby Hill QuarrySite of Special Scientific InterestLocationMAGiC MaPNearest cityCity of DurhamCoordinates54 42 43 N 1 28 12 W 54 71194 N 1 47000 W 54 71194 1 47000Area52 42 ha 129 5 acres Established1957Governing bodyNatural EnglandWebsiteRaisby Hill Quarry SSSIThe site is a working quarry and has been designated as of national importance in the Geological Conservation Review Until 1984 the site included most of the area that now forms the Raisby Hill Grassland SSSI 1 The quarry exposes a section through the Marl Slate and the Ford and Raisby Formations of the Upper Permian It is the type locality for the Raisby Formation a carbonate unit of the English Zechstein sequence 1 The exposed sequence commences with the Yellow Sands which are overlain by the Marl Slate and some 200 feet of calcareous and dolomitic limestones 2 References edit a b Raisby Hill Quarry Reasons for SSSI status PDF Natural England Retrieved 1 April 2022 Reports of Field Meetings for 1947 Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society 27 4 301 306 June 1949 Bibcode 1949PYGS 27 301 doi 10 1144 pygs 27 4 301 nbsp This article about a Site of Special Scientific Interest in England is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This County Durham location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Raisby Hill Quarry amp oldid 1180232803, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
