| Computer Code: |
FLS |
Preferred Map Code: |
notEntered |
| Status Code: |
Index Level |
| Age range: |
Chadian Substage (CI)
— Asbian Substage (CR) |
| Lithological Description: |
[Obsolete: use FELL] Obsolete term Fell Sandstone Group is replaced by Fell Sandstone Formation, Nairn, 1956; Turner et al., 1993. |
| 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: |
none recorded or not applicable
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| Parent Unit: |
none recorded or not applicable
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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): |
| Nairn, A E M. 1956. The lower Carboniferous rocks between the rivers Esk and Annan Dumfriesshire. Transactions of the Geological Society of Glasgow, 22, p.80-93. |
| Turner, B R, Younger, P L and Fordham, C E. 1993. Fell Sandstone Group lithostratigraphy south-west of Berwick-upon-Tweed: implications for the regional development of the Fell Sandstone. Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society. Vol.49, Part 4, 269-281. |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
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E018
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