Aylesbeare Mudstone Group
The Aylesbeare Mudstone Group is an early Triassic lithostratigraphic group (a sequence of rock strata) in southwest England. The name is derived from the village of Aylesbeare in east Devon. The Group comprises the Littleham Mudstone Formation, the Exmouth Mudstone and Sandstone Formation and the underlying Clyst St Lawrence Formation. The strata are exposed on the coast between Exmouth and Budleigh Salterton where the type section is defined. The rocks of the Aylesbeare Mudstone Group have also previously been known as the Aylesbeare Group and the Aylesbeare Mudstone Formation.
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Aylesbeare Mudstone Group
The Aylesbeare Mudstone Group is an early Triassic lithostratigraphic group (a sequence of rock strata) in southwest England. The name is derived from the village of Aylesbeare in east Devon. The Group comprises the Littleham Mudstone Formation, the Exmouth Mudstone and Sandstone Formation and the underlying Clyst St Lawrence Formation. The strata are exposed on the coast between Exmouth and Budleigh Salterton where the type section is defined. The rocks of the Aylesbeare Mudstone Group have also previously been known as the Aylesbeare Group and the Aylesbeare Mudstone Formation.
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The Aylesbeare Mudstone Group ...... Aylesbeare Mudstone Formation.
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early Triassic
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Mudstones with layers of sands ...... tone Formation east of Exmouth
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east Devon, Somerset
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Aylesbeare Mudstone Group
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sandstones, siltstones
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Dawlish Sandstone
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Exmouth Mudstone and Sandstone ...... n, Clyst St Lawrence Formation
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Budleigh Salterton Pebble Beds
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The Aylesbeare Mudstone Group ...... Aylesbeare Mudstone Formation.
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Aylesbeare Mudstone Group
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