| Computer Code: |
BNBL |
Preferred Map Code: |
notEntered |
| Status Code: |
Pending Upgrade |
| Age range: |
Ipswichian Stage (QI)
— Ipswichian Stage (QI) |
| Lithological Description: |
Lignite with rare gravel; interglacial in origin. [Generic description: academic papers and BGS Memoirs]. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
none recorded or not applicable
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| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
none recorded or not applicable
|
| Thickness: |
Total 4m thick (Mitchell 2004). |
| Geographical Limits: |
none recorded or not applicable
|
| Parent Unit: |
Not Applicable (-)
|
| Previous Name(s): |
Benburb Lignite [Obsolete Name and Code: Use BNBL]
(-4994)
|
| Alternative Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
|
| Stratotypes: |
| Type Section |
Benburb, County Tyrone (Mitchell 2004). |
| Reference(s): |
| Mitchell, W I. [ed.]. 2004. The Geology of Northern Ireland - Our Natural Foundation. [Second Edition]. [Belfast: Geological Survey of Northern Ireland.] |
| Boulter, M, and Mitchell, W I. 1977. Middle Pleistocene (Gortian) deposits from Benburb, Northern Ireland. Irish Naturalists Journal, Vol. 19, 2-3 |
| Gennard, D E. 1984. A palaeoecological study of the interglacial deposit at Benburb, Co. Tyrone. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, Vol. 84b, 43-55. |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
| none recorded or not applicable |
