• The Weald Basin (/ˈwiːld/) is a major topographic feature of the area that is now southern England and northern France from the Triassic to the Late Cretaceous...
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    Oligocene to middle Miocene as an uplifted form of the Weald basin through inversion of the basin. The folding resulted in uplift of about 180 metres (590 ft)...
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    Downs, in an area called the Weald Basin. It is the uppermost unit of the Wealden Group of rocks within the Weald Basin, and the upper portion of the...
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    sandstone "High Weald" in the centre, the clay "Low Weald" periphery and the Greensand Ridge, which stretches around the north and west of the Weald and includes...
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    Within the Wessex Basin, the Wealden Group consists of two formations: the Wessex Formation and overlying Vectis Formation. In the Weald Basin, the Wealden...
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    formation of the Weald Basin which developed as an extension of the considerably larger Wessex Basin. The northern margin of the basin was formed by a...
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  • sedimentary basins. Provinces and Basins (from south to north) include the Wessex-Channel Basin, Weald Basin, Worcester Basin, Cheshire Basin, East Midlands...
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  • majority of UKOG's current development and appraisal programme is in the Weald Basin, where its flagship assets at Horse Hill (Licence: PEDL137/PEDL246) and...
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  • October 2014 said that there was little potential for shale gas in the Weald Basin as the field has not yet reached thermal maturation. In August 2010,...
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    emergent highs of Jurassic rocks, unconformably overlying them. In the Weald Basin, the Lower Greensand can usually be subdivided to formational levels...
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    from the Early Cretaceous Wessex Basin (underlying the Weald and Hampshire Basin) to the south and the Worcester Basin to the west. Vertical movements...
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  • October 1999 essentially as a management buyout of operations in the Weald Basin, acquired from Soco International. The buyout was funded by European...
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    British Geological Survey (2014). "Weald Basin Summary: Unconventional Resources in Great Britain -Weald Basin Jurassic BGS Study" (PDF). DECC. Retrieved...
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    collided with Eurasian Plate, Mesozoic extensional structures, such as the Weald Basin of southern England, underwent structural inversion. This phase of deformation...
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    unofficial Hastings Beds. These geological units make up the core of the Weald in the English counties of East Sussex and Kent. The other component formations...
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    natural gas store. These are in the west of the county in the Wessex Basin. The Weald Basin to the east has potential as a source of shale oil but is not currently...
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    line, and Redhill-Tonbridge line. Redhill is located within the Weald Basin, and the Weald-Artois Anticline. The town is situated in the east–west lying...
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    use and enjoyment of the land and structures upon it'. In Star Energy Weald Basin Limited and another v Bocardo SA, the UK Supreme Court (having heard...
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    the Weald-Artois Anticline during the Eocene. By the Oligocene the London Basin was wholly dry land, and only a small part of the Hampshire Basin, centred...
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  • Stafford Basin which in turn links to the Cheshire Basin and thence to the East Irish Sea Basin. The Needwood and Knowle basins are two smaller basins in the...
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    formation of Albian to Cenomanian in age, found within the Wessex Basin and parts of the Weald Basin in southern England. It overlies the Gault Clay and underlies...
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    Hastings Beds. These geological units make up the core of the geology of the Weald in the English counties of West Sussex, East Sussex and Kent. The other...
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    which were laid over Weald Clay during the Lower Cretaceous period (70–140 million years ago) on the margins of the subsiding Weald Basin. The Greensand group...
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    2013, Balcombe had emerged as a focus of opposition to fracking in the Weald Basin of southeast England and vigorous protests were in progress. In March...
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    Puttenham, to the market town of Farnham. Holmesdale is part of the Weald Basin and Weald-Artois Anticline. The valley is bordered on its north side by the...
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    This makes the formation coeval with upper portion of the Weald Clay in the Weald Basin. The primary lithology of the exposed portion of the formation...
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    In structural geology inversion or basin inversion relates to the relative uplift of a sedimentary basin or similar structure as a result of crustal shortening...
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    Greensand Group Underlies Gault Formation Overlies Sandgate Formation Area Weald Basin Thickness Between 0.5 and 80m. Lithology Primary Sand, Sandstone Location...
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    first thrust belt to be recognised by geologists. London Basin Hampshire Basin North Downs Weald South Downs London-Brabant Massif Cornubian batholith –...
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    Beds. These geological units make up the core of the geology of the High Weald in the English counties of West Sussex, East Sussex and Kent. The other...
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