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BRACKLESHAM BEDS , in See also:geology, a See also:series of See also:clays and marls, with sandy and lignitic beds, in the See also:Middle See also:Eocene of the See also:Hampshire See also:Basin, See also:England. They are well See also:developed in the Isle of See also:Wight and on the mainland opposite; and receive their name from their occurrence at Bracklesham in See also:Sussex. The thickness of the See also:deposit is from See also:loo to 400 ft. Fossil See also:mollusca are abundant, and fossil See also:fish are to be found, as well as the Palaeophis, a See also:sea-snake. Nummulites and other See also:foraminifera also occur. The Bracklesham Beds See also:lie between the See also:Barton See also:Clay above and the See also:Bournemouth Beds, See also:Lower Bagshot, below. In the See also:London Basin these beds are represented only by thin sandy clays in the Middle Bagshot See also:group. In the See also:Paris Basin the " Calcaire grossier " lies upon the same See also:geological See also:horizon. See F. See also:Dixon, Geology of Sussex (new ed., 1878) ; F. E. See also:Edwards and S. V. See also:Wood, " Monograph of Eocene Mollusca," Palaeontographical See also:Soc. vol. i. (1847–1877); " Geology of the Isle of Wight," Mem. Geol. Survey (2nd ed., 1889) ; C. See also:Reid, " The Geology of the See also:Country around See also:Southampton," Mem. Geol. Survey (1902). Additional information and CommentsThere are no comments yet for this article.
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