Lulsgate Quarry
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Lulsgate Quarry is a 1.13 hectare
geological Site of Special Scientific Interest near the village of Felton, North Somerset
, notified in 1997.
The site has an excellent exposure of an irregular unconformity surface lying between inclined Lower
Carboniferous (Dinantian
) Black Rock limestones and flat-bedded Upper Triassic (Rhaetian
) strata.
Hectare
The hectare is a metric unit of area defined as 10,000 square metres , and primarily used in the measurement of land. In 1795, when the metric system was introduced, the are was defined as being 100 square metres and the hectare was thus 100 ares or 1/100 km2...
geological Site of Special Scientific Interest near the village of Felton, North Somerset
North Somerset
North Somerset is a unitary authority in England. Its area covers part of the ceremonial county of Somerset but it is administered independently of the non-metropolitan county. Its administrative headquarters is in the town hall in Weston-super-Mare....
, notified in 1997.
The site has an excellent exposure of an irregular unconformity surface lying between inclined Lower
Carboniferous (Dinantian
Dinantian
Dinantian is the name of a series or epoch from the Lower Carboniferous system in Europe. It can stand for a series of rocks in Europe or the time span in which they were deposited....
) Black Rock limestones and flat-bedded Upper Triassic (Rhaetian
Rhaetian
The Rhaetian is in geochronology the latest age of the Triassic period or in chronostratigraphy the uppermost stage of the Triassic system. It lasted from 203.6 ± 1.5 to 199.6 ± 0.6 million years ago...
) strata.