| Computer Code: |
CCR |
Preferred Map Code: |
CCr |
| Status Code: |
Full |
| Age range: |
Caradoc Series (O4)
— Caradoc Series (O4) |
| Lithological Description: |
Coarse-grained volcaniclastic sandstone and breccia, pebble breccia, pebbly sandstone, dark brown weathered.. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Gradational (conformable) contact with bedded sandstone, within the Saethwaite fell Sandstone Formation. |
| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Overlain (conformably) by siltstone, sandstone and breccia, within the Seathwaite Fell Sandstone Formation. |
| Thickness: |
0 - 275m |
| Geographical Limits: |
Lake District, Central Fells. |
| Parent Unit: |
Seathwaite Fell Sandstone Formation (SET)
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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: |
| Reference Section |
Crags on ridge from Thorneythwaite Fell to Glaramara, west of Combe Gill. |
| Reference(s): |
| Kneller B C and McConnell, B J . 1993. The Seathwaite Fell Formation in the central Fells. British Geological Survey Technical Report WA/93/43 |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
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E038
E029
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