Everything found at Kintbury Eco Centre is fundamentally driven by the underlying geology of the site. The habitats, flora and fauna are indicative of a diversity of bedrock geology, with chalk, clay, silt, sand and gravel all found here.
Bedrock geology is a term used for the main mass of rocks forming the Earth that are present everywhere, whether exposed at the surface in outcrops or concealed beneath superficial deposits or water (from British Geological Survey).
Seaford Chalk Formation - Chalk. Sedimentary bedrock formed between 89.8 and 83.6 million years ago during the Cretaceous period.
Newhaven Chalk Formation - Chalk. Sedimentary bedrock formed between 86.3 and 72.1 million years ago during the Cretaceous period.
Lambeth Group - Clay, silt and sand. Sedimentary bedrock formed between 59.2 and 47.8 million years ago during the Palaeogene period.
London Clay Formation - Clay, silt and sand. Sedimentary bedrock formed between 56 and 47.8 million years ago during the Palaeogene period.
London Clay Formation - Sand. Sedimentary bedrock formed between 56 and 47.8 million years ago during the Palaeogene period.
London Clay Formation - Gravel. Sedimentary bedrock formed between 56 and 47.8 million years ago during the Palaeogene period.