Bathonian
Britishadjective
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of or relating to Bath
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geology of or denoting a stage of the Jurassic system in NW Europe
noun
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a native or resident of Bath
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the Bathonian period or rock system
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Bathonian—series of English strata from Cornbrash down to Fuller’s Earth.
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The Fullonian lies at the base of the Great Oolite or Bathonian series, but its palaeontological characters place it between that series and the underlying Inferior Oolite.
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The Bathonian stage includes the following beds in ascending order:— 1.
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Bathonian Stage, a division of the middle Jurassic series of rocks, including the beds between the Inferior Oolite and the Oxford Clay.
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CORNBRASH, in geology, the name applied to the uppermost member of the Bathonian stage of the Jurassic formation in England.
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