Chalk Group Lithostratigraphy: Northern England - Yarborough Marl

The Yarborough Marl, named after Yarborough Earthworks overlooking Melton Ross Quarry [TA 086 115], is a 0.25 m thick marl complex just below the Ferruginous Flint, typically forming a marked recess in quarry faces (Gaunt et al., 1992).

Macrofossil Biozonation: T. lata Zone

Correlation: see Correlation with other UK Chalk Group successions

References

GAUNT, G D, FLETCHER, T P & WOOD, C J. 1992. Geology of the country around Kingston-upon-Hull and Brigg. Memoir of the British Geological Survey.