| Computer Code: |
NOSL |
Preferred Map Code: |
NoSl |
| Status Code: |
Pending Upgrade |
| Age range: |
Eifelian Age (DI)
— Frasnian Age (DR) |
| Lithological Description: |
Mudstone, silty mudstone and slate with subsidiary basaltic tuff, limestone, sandstone, and hyaloclastite. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
none recorded or not applicable
|
| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
none recorded or not applicable
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| Thickness: |
none recorded or not applicable
|
| Geographical Limits: |
none recorded or not applicable
|
| Parent Unit: |
Torbay Group (TBAY)
|
| Previous Name(s): |
Nordon Slate Formation [Obsolete Name and Code: Use NOSL]
(-426)
|
| Alternative Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
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| Stratotypes: |
| none recorded or not applicable |
| Reference(s): |
| Leveridge, B E, Scrivener, R C, Goode, A J J and Merriman, R J. 2003. Geology of the Torquay district - a brief explanation of the geological map. Sheet explanation of the British Geological Survey. 1:50 000 Sheet 350 Torquay (England and Wales). |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
|
E339
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