England and Wales, the entire limestone succession, which includes subordinate mudstones and some thin sandstones, is known as the Carboniferous Limestone Supergroup.

Depositional basins

Within Great Britain the suite of rocks known traditionally as the Carboniferous Limestone Series was deposited as marine sediments in three distinct 'provinces' separated by contemporary landmasses. One of these landmasses was the Wales-London-Brabant Massif, an east-west aligned

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