page_title: Geology of the Isle of Wight
section_title: Solent Group
hierarchical_section_title: Geology of the Isle of Wight / Palaeogene / Solent Group
caption_attribution_description: English: The Headon Hill Formation at Whitecliff Bay, Isle of Wight. The steeply to the north dipping formation is hemmed in between the relatively flat-lying Bembridge Limestone Formation at right and the Becton Sands of the Barton Group at left. Courtesy to Dr. Ian West who kindly granted his permission by email on 2011-10-04.
context_page_description: The geology of the Isle of Wight is dominated by sedimentary rocks of Cretaceous and Paleogene age. This sequence was affected by the late stages of the Alpine Orogeny, forming the Isle of Wight monocline, the cause of the steeply-dipping outcrops of the Chalk Group and overlying Paleogene strata seen at The Needles, Alum Bay and Whitecliff Bay.
context_section_description: The Solent Group is Priabonian to Rupelian (early Oligocene) in age. It comprises the Headon Formation, the Bembridge Limestone Formation and the Bouldnor Formation.
caption: The Headon Formation with Bembridge Limestone Formation to the right and the upper part of the Barton Group to the left in the cliffs of Whitecliff Bay
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