Middlegate Quarry
South Ferriby
This page is not complete. Some of the information is scanned from my field notes and will be re-drawn at a later date, so I apologise if it is a bit untidy! Mike
General geology of the quarry
Stratigraphic log of the Jurassic Rocks
Stratigraphic log of the Albian and Cenomanian Rocks
Stratigraphic log of the Turonian Rocks
The Black Band Anoxic Event explained
Picture of the Red Chalk
Pictures of the Grey Bed Blocks and in situ
Picture of Black Band Member (Cenomanian-Turonian Boundary)
Picture of a Turrilites (spiral ammonite) Cenomanian age.
Picture of part of a large Austiniceras ammonite, Cenomanian age.
Picture of two Inoceramus bivalves from the Red Chalk
Picture of an Ichthyosaur vertebra from the Carstone
Bibliography of the Yorkshire Chalk
Yorkshire Chalk Homepage