Heather Formation Stratigraphic range: Middle - Late Jurassic |
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Type | Formation |
Underlies | Kimmeridge Clay Formation |
Overlies | Pentland Formation |
Lithology | |
Primary | Claystones |
Location | |
Country | Norway, United Kingdom |
The Heather Formation is a geologic formation occurring in Norway and the United Kingdom. It preserves fossils from the Bathonian to Early Kimmeridgian stages of the Middle to Late Jurassic period and was deposited in a marine, aerobic palaeoenvironment.