Bucks Earth Heritage Group

Geological Map of Buckinghamshire to Colour

Print off the map below and choose colours or an ornament to show the different rocks of Buckinghamshire. Geologists tend to use blue and green to represent limestones or chalk. Yellow or orange for sandstones and brown or grey for mudstones.

Key: 8 [  ] Reading Beds (sands, clays);   7 [  ] Chalk;   6 [  ] Gault Clay

5 [  ] Lower Greensand;  4 [  ] Portland Limestone;  3 [  ] Oxford & other clays

2 [  ] Blisworth Limestone;  1 [  ] Lias muddy limestones