| Computer Code: |
GH |
Preferred Map Code: |
notEntered |
| Status Code: |
Index Level |
| Age range: |
Bolsovian Substage (CC)
— Bolsovian Substage (CC) |
| Lithological Description: |
Brown and grey micaceous sandstone. |
| 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: |
30m in Glass Houghton area; known to 42m in borehole cores. |
| Geographical Limits: |
West/south Yorkshire, especially between Castleford and Sharlston [Glass Houghton, near Castleford, Yorkshire]. |
| Parent Unit: |
Pennine Middle Coal Measures Formation (PMCM)
|
| Previous Name(s): |
Houghton Rock [Obsolete Name and Code: Use GH]
(-2823)
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| Alternative Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
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| Stratotypes: |
| none recorded or not applicable |
| Reference(s): |
| none recorded or not applicable |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
|
E078
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