| Computer Code: |
BENE |
Preferred Map Code: |
notEntered |
| Status Code: |
Full |
| Age range: |
Neogene Period (N)
— Neogene Period (N) |
| Lithological Description: |
Red, green and yellow silt and clay. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
none recorded or not applicable
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| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
none recorded or not applicable
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| Thickness: |
none recorded or not applicable
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| Geographical Limits: |
Confined to scattered pockets on the Carboniferous Limestone outcrop of the Peak District, from north of Ramshorn [SK 088 463] to south of Monyash [SK 134 635]. |
| Parent Unit: |
Brassington Formation (BTON)
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| Previous Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
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| Alternative Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
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| Stratotypes: |
| Type Section |
Bees' Nest Pit, about 0.7 km due east of Brassington [SK 241 545] (Boulter et al., 1971). |
| Reference(s): |
| McMillan, A A, Hamblin, R J O, and Merritt, J W. 2011. A lithostratigraphical framework for onshore Quaternary and Neogene (Tertiary) superficial deposits of Great Britain and the Isle of Man. British Geological Survey Research Report, RR/10/03. 343pp. |
| Boulter, M C, Ford, T D, Ijtaba, M, and Walsh, P T. 1971. Brassington Formation, a newly recognised Tertiary formation in the southern Pennines. Nature, London, Vol. 231, 134-136. |
| Chisholm, J I, Charsley, T J, and Aitkenhead, N. 1988. Geology of the country around Ashbourne and Cheadle. Memoir of the British Geological Survey, Sheet 124 (England and Wales). |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
| none recorded or not applicable |
