The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details
Murlough Shale Formation
| Computer Code: | MUSH | Preferred Map Code: | notEntered |
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| Status Code: | Full | ||
| Age range: | Brigantian Substage (CX) — Brigantian Substage (CX) | ||
| Lithological Description: | Shale, coal, sandy limestone, seatearth. | ||
| Definition of Lower Boundary: | Overlying green tuffaceous mudstones and vitric tuffs of Glenshesk Tuff Formation. | ||
| Definition of Upper Boundary: | Overlain by red sandstones and thin siltstones of Ballyvoy Sandstone Formation. | ||
| Thickness: | 46 m. | ||
| Geographical Limits: | none recorded or not applicable | ||
| Parent Unit: | Ballycastle Sandstone Group (BCSS) | ||
| Previous Name(s): | Murlough Bay Formation
(DBMF)
Murlough Bay Formation [Obsolete Name And Code In This Context: See MUSH] (MBC) Murlough Bay Formation (DBMF) Murlough Bay Coal Group [Obsolete Name and Code: Use MUSH] (-1073) |
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| Alternative Name(s): | none recorded or not applicable | ||
| Stratotypes: | |||
| Type Area | Northeast coast of Country Antrim. Cliff section on north side of Murlough Bay. Also identified in Cross Borehole. See Wilson, H E, et al (1966) | ||
| Reference(s): | |||
| Wilson, H E and Robbie, J A. 1966. Geology of the Country around Ballycastle. Memoir of the Geological Survey. [Belfast: HMSO.] | |||
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: | |||
| none recorded or not applicable | |||