(Goggins Barrow, near Osmington Mills showing slipped Kimmeridge Clay
and the Corallian Formation) - 2001

Just west of Osmington Mills, heading towards Bowleaze Cove, excellent exposed beds of the Corallian Beds can be clearly seen. The Kimmeridge clay bed can be seen well exposed on the foreshore. Sandsfoot clay and Nothe clay are also present. There is around 26m of Kimmeridge Clay here with 19m of Sandsfoot Clay bed.

(Slipped Kimmeridge Clay at Bowleaze Cove) - 2001

(Upper Oxford Clay at Redcliff Point) - 2002

At Redcliff Point, The Lamberti Zone and Mariae Zone from the Upper Oxford Clay can be clearly seen. Redcliff Point itself is part of a large landslide. East of Redcliff point, the Bencliff Grit & Trigonia Beds (Osmington Oolite) overlay the Nothe Clay and Preston Grit. 1.7m of Preston Grit with over 8m of Nothe Grit.

(Corallian Beds, west of Redcliff Point) - 2002

Jurassic	Late	Volgian	Portlandian		142 to 147
			Tithonian
					147 to 150
		Kimmeridgian			150 to 154
		Oxfordian	Corallian		154 to 159.4
			Late Oxford Clay
	Middle	Callovian	Middle Oxford Clay		159 to 165
			Early Oxford Clay
			Kellaways
			Late Cornbrash
		Bathonian	Early Cornbrash		165 to 170
			Forest Marble
			Frome Formation
			Wattonensis Beds
			Fullers Earth
			Zigzag Beds
		Bajocian	Late Inferior Oolite		170 to 177
			Middle Inferior Oolite
		Aalenian	Early Inferior Oolite		177 to 180.1
			Scissum Beds
			Bridport Sands
	Early	Toarcian (Late Lias)			180 to 190
		Pliensbachian (Middle and Early Lias)			190 to 195
		Sinemurian (Early Lias)			195 to 201
		Hettangian (Early Lias)			201 to 205.7

Oxfordian 154 to 159.4 MYA
FORMATIONS AND DEPOSITS		LOCATIONS
Balintore Formation	Ardassie Limestone	Brora Balintore
Brora Arenaceous Formation	Brora Sandstone	Brora
Corallian		Balintore Bowleaze Cove Osmington Mills Weymouth
Corallian Oolite Formation	Passage Beds Member	Filey
	Hambleton Oolite Member	Filey
	Birdsall Calcareous Grit Member	Filey
	Hambleton Oolite Member	Filey
Oxford Clay Formation		Grafham Water Cayton Bay Osmington Mills Weymouth
Lower Calcareous Grit Formation	Saintoft Member	Filey
	Tenants Cliff Member	Cayton Bay

Kimmeridgian 150 to 154 MYA
FORMATIONS AND DEPOSITS	LOCATIONS
Boulder Beds	Lothbeg Crakaig Helmsdale Portgower
Allt na Cuile Sandstone	Lothbeg
Kintradwell Beds	Lothbeg Crakaig Kintradwell
Three Kings Reef	Balintore
Eathie Shore	Eathie
Kimmeridge Clay	Reighton Bowleaze Cove Wyke Regis Ringstead Kimmeridge Bay Chapmans Pool

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