| Computer Code: |
LEL |
Preferred Map Code: |
Lelt |
| Status Code: |
Pending Upgrade |
| Age range: |
Gorstian Age (SG)
— Gorstian Age (SG) |
| Lithological Description: |
none recorded or not applicable
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| 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: |
Lower Ludlow Shales Group (LLUS)
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| Previous Name(s): |
Lower Elton Beds [Obsolete Name and Code: Use LEL]
(-3520)
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| Alternative Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
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| Stratotypes: |
| none recorded or not applicable |
| Reference(s): |
| Holland, C H, Lawson, J D, Walmsley, V G and White, D E. 1980. Ludlow stages. Silurian Series and stages decisions concerning chronostratigraphy. Lethaia, Vol.13, p.238, 268. |
| Cocks, L R M, Holland, C H, and Rickards, B. 1992. A revised correlation of Silurian rocks in the British Isles. Geological Society of London Special Report. No. 21, 32 pp. |
| Holland, C H, Lawson, J D and Walmsley, V G, 1963. The Silurian Rocks of the Ludlow District, Shropshire. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Geology Series. (London: British Museum (Natural History)). 93-171. |
| Holland, C H, Lawson, J D and Walmsley, V G, 1959. A revised classification of the Ludlovian succession at Ludlow. Nature, London, 1037-1039. |
| Lawson, J D and White, D E, 1989. The Ludlow Series in the Ludlow area, 73-90 in A global standard for the Silurian system. Holland, C H and Bassett, M G (editors). (Cardiff: National Museum of Wales). |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
| none recorded or not applicable |
