| Computer Code: |
FI |
Preferred Map Code: |
notEntered |
| Status Code: |
Pending Upgrade |
| Age range: |
Sinemurian Age (JS)
— Sinemurian Age (JS) |
| Lithological Description: |
Sandy limestone and ironstone. |
| 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: |
North Lincolnshire and Humberside. Developed only in the type area of the parent Scunthorpe Mudstone Formation (SMD). |
| Parent Unit: |
Scunthorpe Mudstone Formation (SMD)
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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: |
| none recorded or not applicable |
| Reference(s): |
| Cox, B M, Sumbler, M G, and Ivimey-Cook, H C. 1999. A Formational framework for the Lower Jurassic of England and Wales (Onshore Area). British Geological Survey Research Report RR/99/01. |
| Gaunt, G D, Fletcher, T P, and Wood, C J. 1992. Geology of the country around Kingston upon Hull and Brigg. Memoir of the British Geological Survey, sheets 80 and 89 (England and Wales). 172pp. |
| Swinnerton, H H and Kent, P E, 1949. The Geology of Lincolnshire (1st edition). Lincolnshire Natural History Brochures. No.1. (Lincoln: Lincolnshire Naturalists' Union). |
| Swinnerton, H H, and Kent, P E. 1976. The geology of Lincolnshire from the Humber to the Wash. Lincolnshire Natural History Brochure 7 (2nd edition). (Lincoln: Lincolnshire Naturalists' Trust.) |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
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E080
E089
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