| Computer Code: |
REN |
Preferred Map Code: |
notEntered |
| Status Code: |
Index Level |
| Age range: |
Arenig Series (OR)
— Arenig Series (OR) |
| Lithological Description: |
[Obsolete: use LWF]
Well sorted, thickly bedded, reddish purple protoquartzite; rare shale partings in lower and middle parts, reddish-purple shale beds + 1 metre at top. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Not exposed, presumed to overlie Skiddaw Group. |
| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Unconformably overlain by Carboniferous sandstone. |
| Thickness: |
100 metres in Tommy Gill, the only occurrence of the formation. |
| Geographical Limits: |
Not defined. |
| Parent Unit: |
none recorded or not applicable
|
| Previous Name(s): |
Latterbarrow Sandstone [Obsolete Name and Code: Use LAS, REN]
(-4143)
|
| Alternative Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
|
| Stratotypes: |
| Type Area |
Tommy Gill, near Redmain Village. |
| Reference(s): |
| Eastwood T, and others. 1968. Geology of the country around Whitehaven. Memoir of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, Sheet 28 (England and Wales). |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
|
E023
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