The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details
Coventry Sandstone Formation [Obsolete: use ALY, ASY, MRD]
| Computer Code: | CYS | Preferred Map Code: | notEntered |
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| Status Code: | Index Level | ||
| Age range: | Asturian Substage (CAS) — Asturian Substage (CAS) | ||
| Lithological Description: | [Obsolete: use ALY, ASY, MRD] | ||
| Definition of Lower Boundary: | none recorded or not applicable | ||
| Definition of Upper Boundary: | none recorded or not applicable | ||
| Thickness: | none recorded or not applicable | ||
| Geographical Limits: | none recorded or not applicable | ||
| Parent Unit: | none recorded or not applicable | ||
| Previous Name(s): | Coventry Sandstone [Obsolete Name and Code: Use CYS, ASY]
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| Alternative Name(s): | Salop Formation Allesley Member |
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| Stratotypes: | |||
| none recorded or not applicable | |||
| Reference(s): | |||
| Old R A, Hamblin, R J O, Ambrose, K, and Warrington G. 1991. Geology of the country around Redditch. Memoir of the British Geological Survey, Sheet 183 (England and Wales). | |||
| Powell, J H, Chisholm, JI, Bridge, D M, Rees, J G, Glover, B W and Besly, B M. 2000. Stratigraphical framework for Westphalian to Early Permian red-bed successions of the Pennine Basin. British Geological Survey Technical Report WA/99/10. | |||
| Old, R A, Sumbler, M G and Ambrose, K, 1987. Geology of the country around Warwick. Memoir of the British Geological Survey, Sheet 184 (England and Wales). | |||
| Old, R A, Bridge, D M and Rees, J G, 1990. Geology of the Coventry area. British Geological Survey Technical Report, WA/89/29 | |||
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: | |||
| E184 E183 | |||