| Computer Code: |
RNUM |
Preferred Map Code: |
notEntered |
| Status Code: |
Pending Upgrade |
| Age range: |
Eifelian Age (DI)
— Givetian Age (DV) |
| Lithological Description: |
[Obsolete: use SAH] Dull grey and black slate. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Conformable on the Tempellow Slate Formation. |
| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Conformable below the Mileport Slate Formation. |
| Thickness: |
Not recorded |
| Geographical Limits: |
Locally south of Liskeard (Burton, C J and Tanner, P W G) and westwards towards Bodmin (British Geological Survey Sheet 335 and 336). |
| Parent Unit: |
none recorded or not applicable
|
| Previous Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
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| Alternative Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
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| Stratotypes: |
| Type Section |
Stream section between Rosenun Wood and Cartuther Wood. Burton and Tanner, 1986. |
| Reference(s): |
| Selwood, E B, Thomas, J M, Williams, B J, Clayton, R, Durning, B, Smith, O and Warr, L N, 1998. Geology of the country around Trevose Head and Camelford. Memoir of the British Geological Survey, sheets 335 and 336 (England and Wales). |
| Burton, C J, and Tanner, P W G. 1986. The stratigraphy and structure of the Devonian rocks around Liskeard, east Cornwall, with regional implications. Journal of the Geological Society, London, Vol. 143, 95-105. |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
| none recorded or not applicable |
