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The Cretaceous System in Britain (Figures 8.1, 8.2) is represented by two broad phases of deposition which relate to palaeogeography. Earth movements during the Late Jurassic uplifted most of north-west Europe to form land. In the British region, there were initially two main basins of deposition, in the East Anglia-North Sea area, and in the Wessex-Weald region and northern France.
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Benton, M.J., Spencer, P.S. (1995). British Cretaceous fossil reptile sites. In: Fossil Reptiles of Great Britain. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0519-4_8
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