| Computer Code: |
MXS |
Preferred Map Code: |
notEntered |
| Status Code: |
Index Level |
| Age range: |
Tremadoc Series (O1)
— Arenig Series (OR) |
| Lithological Description: |
[Obsolete: use MANX]
Comprising flags, grits, slates and breccias. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
The base is unknown. |
| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Drawn at the conformable upward passage of the Glendhoo Flags. Flags formation overlain by superficial deposits. |
| Thickness: |
7600 metres. |
| Geographical Limits: |
The Isle of Man. |
| Parent Unit: |
none recorded or 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 |
The Isle of Man. |
| Reference(s): |
| Lamplugh G W. 1903. The geology of the Isle of Man. Memoir Geological Survey of Great Britain. |
| Gillot, J E. 1956. Breccias in the Manx Slates, their origin and stratigraphic relations. Liverpool and Manchester Geological Journal, Vol. 1, 376. |
| Pugh, W J, 1949. Recent work on the Lower Palaeozoic Rocks. British Association for the Advancement of Science, Vol.6, (23), p.203-212. |
| Blake, J F. 1905. On the Order of Succession of the Manx Slates. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London, Vol. 61, 360-366. |
| Lamplugh, G W, and Watts, W W. 1898. Summary of Progress of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, Vol. 69. |
| Lamplugh, G W. 1895. The Crush-Conglomerates of the Isle of Man. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society, Vol. 51, p. 580. |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
| none recorded or not applicable |
