The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

Pecten Ironstone Member

Computer Code: PTNI Preferred Map Code: notEntered
Status Code: Pending Upgrade
Age range: Pliensbachian Age (JE) — Pliensbachian Age (JE)
Lithological Description: Ironstone.
Definition of Lower Boundary: none recorded or not applicable
Definition of Upper Boundary: none recorded or not applicable
Thickness: none recorded or not applicable
Geographical Limits: East Midlands Shelf, northern part, between Leicester area and Market Weighton.
Parent Unit: Charmouth Mudstone Formation (CHAM)
Previous Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Alternative Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Stratotypes:
none recorded or not applicable
Reference(s):
Cox, B M, Sumbler, M G, and Ivimey-Cook, H C. 1999. A Formational framework for the Lower Jurassic of England and Wales (Onshore Area). British Geological Survey Research Report RR/99/01. 
Gaunt, G D, Fletcher, T P, and Wood, C J. 1992. Geology of the country around Kingston upon Hull and Brigg. Memoir of the British Geological Survey, sheets 80 and 89 (England and Wales). 172pp. 
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used:
E080 E089