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University of Oxford Earth Sciences Department

Jura Limestone

  • Sedimentary
  • Limestone
  • Upper Jurassic

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Location of Geological Feature
Buff-coloured stone used on the decorative friezes on the building facing Le Gros Park Place.
Fossils
Ammonite, belemnite & sponge fossils
Rock Type
Limestone
Geological Age
Upper Jurassic
Quarry Location
Altmuhltal Naturpark, Southern Frankonian Alb, Bavaria, Germany
Category
Sedimentary
Nearest station
Oxford
Address
South Parks Road OX1 3AN
Building architect
Wilkinson Eyre Architects
Date of build
2011
Find out more
Wilkinson Eyre Architects, 2011,Tectonics: a building for Earth Sciences at Oxford., Black Dog Publishing, London, 141 pp.
University of Oxford Earth Sciences Department — Jura Limestone
Jura Limestone at University of Oxford Earth Sciences Department
Jura Limestone at University of Oxford Earth Sciences Department (detail 2)
Jura Limestone at University of Oxford Earth Sciences Department (detail 3)
    Entry submitted by Ruth Siddall

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