| Computer Code: |
SBEL |
Preferred Map Code: |
notEntered |
| Status Code: |
Index Level |
| Age range: |
Coniacian Age (KO)
— Coniacian Age (KO) |
| Lithological Description: |
[Obsolete: use SECK]. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Basal marker is the Shoreham Marl 2 (SHMA2). |
| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Base of the overlying Cuckmere Beds (SCU). |
| Thickness: |
none recorded or not applicable
|
| Geographical Limits: |
none recorded or not applicable
|
| Parent Unit: |
none recorded or not applicable
|
| Previous Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
|
| Alternative Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
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| Stratotypes: |
| none recorded or not applicable |
| Reference(s): |
| Hopson, P M. 2005. A stratigraphical framework for the Upper Cretaceous Chalk of England and Scotland, with statements on the Chalk of Northern Ireland and the UK Offshore Sector. British Geological Survey Research Report RR/05/01 102pp. ISBN 0 852725175 |
| Mortimore, R N. 1986. Stratigraphy of the Upper Cretaceous White Chalk of Sussex. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, Vol.97(2), 97-139. |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
| none recorded or not applicable |
