| Computer Code: |
HOS |
Preferred Map Code: |
HoS |
| Status Code: |
Full |
| Age range: |
Comley Series (EC)
— Comley Series (EC) |
| Lithological Description: |
Dark green, flaggy, micaceous sandstone with abundant chlorite and glauconite (Groom, 1902; Worssam and others, 1989). |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Conformable on Malvern Quartzite. |
| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Conformable junction with White-Leaved Oak Shale. |
| Thickness: |
c.300m |
| Geographical Limits: |
South Malvern Hills. |
| Parent Unit: |
Not Applicable (-)
|
| Previous Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
|
| Alternative Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
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| Stratotypes: |
| Type Area |
Hollybush Quarry. |
| Reference(s): |
| Groom, T T. 1899. The geological structure of the southern Malvern Hills and of the adjacent areas to the west. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London, Vol. 55, 129-169. |
| Groom, T T. 1902. The sequence of the Cambrian and associated beds of the Malvern Hills. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London, Vol. 58, 59-135. |
| Worssam, B C, Ellison, R A and Moorlock, B S P. 1989. Geology of the country around Tewkesbury. Memoir of the British Geological Survey, Sheet 216 (England and Wales). |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
|
E216
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