| Computer Code: |
RDC |
Preferred Map Code: |
RdC |
| Status Code: |
Pending Upgrade |
| Age range: |
Pendleian Substage (CE)
— Pendleian Substage (CE) |
| Lithological Description: |
Sequence of chert, cherty limestone, limestone and mudstone in very variable proportions. |
| 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: |
none recorded or not applicable
|
| Parent Unit: |
Stainmore Formation (SMGP)
|
| Previous Name(s): |
Richmond Chert Series [Obsolete Name and Code: Use RDC]
(-4289)
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| Alternative Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
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| Stratotypes: |
| none recorded or not applicable |
| Reference(s): |
| Wells A J, 1955. The Development of chert between the Main (Great) and Crow limestones in North Yorkshire. Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geol. Soc, Vol.30. 177-196. |
| Dunham, K C, and Wilson, A A. 1985. Geology of the Northern Pennine Orefield. Volume 2 Stainmore to Craven. Economic Memoir of the British Geological Survey, Sheets 40, 41 and 50, and parts of Sheets 31, 32, 51, 60 and 61 (England and Wales). |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
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E050
E040
E041
E051
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