| Computer Code: |
ING |
Preferred Map Code: |
InG |
| Status Code: |
Full |
| Age range: |
Arenig Series (OR)
— Arenig Series (OR) |
| Lithological Description: |
Interbedded succession of grey-green turbiditic sandstone,siltstone and conglomerate. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Base not reached. |
| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Unconformably overlain by Upper Ordovician and Silurian strata. |
| Thickness: |
At least 600m |
| Geographical Limits: |
Restricted to the Craven Inliers, North Yorkshire. Also recovered from the Beckermonds Scar Borehole, in upper Wharfedale about 10km northeast of Horton-in-Ribblesdale [Wilson and Cornwell, 1982] |
| Parent Unit: |
Not Applicable (-)
|
| Previous Name(s): |
Ingletonian [Obsolete Name and Code: Use ING]
(-2258)
|
| Alternative Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
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| Stratotypes: |
| Partial Type Section |
Entrance to quarry at Horton-in-Ribblesdale, and the nearby railway cutting Arthurton et al.,1988 |
| Reference(s): |
| Arthurton, R S, Johnson, E W, and Mundy, D J C. 1988. Geology of the country around Settle. Memoir of the British Geological Survey, Sheet 60 (England and Wales). |
| Wilson, A A and Cornwell, J D. 1982. The Institute of Geological Sciences borehole at Beckermonds Scar, North Yorkshire. Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society, Vol.44, 59-88. |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
|
E040
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