The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details
Stainmore Formation
| Computer Code: | SMGP | Preferred Map Code: | ST |
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| Status Code: | Full | ||
| Age range: | Namurian Stage (CN) — Namurian Stage (CN) | ||
| Lithological Description: | Cyclical repetition of sandstones, siltstones, mudstones, thin limestones and some coals. | ||
| Definition of Lower Boundary: | Conformable: taken at the top of the uppermost limestone beds of the Great Limestone Member, which are overlain by a sequence of dark grey siltstones and mudstones at the base of the Stainmore Formation. | ||
| Definition of Upper Boundary: | Conformable: base of Subcrenatum Marine Band or equivalent. | ||
| Thickness: | To 1000m | ||
| Geographical Limits: | Northeast England. | ||
| Parent Unit: | Yoredale Group (YORE) | ||
| Previous Name(s): | Hensingham Group [Obsolete Name And Code: Use SMGP]
(HGP)
Millstone Grit and Upper Limestone Group [Obsolete Name and Code: Use SMGP] (-2433) |
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| Alternative Name(s): | none recorded or not applicable | ||
| Stratotypes: | |||
| Type Section | Argill Beck (base) and Mousegill Beck (top): section NY81SW/7 of Burgess, I C and Holliday, D W, 1979, p43. | ||
| Reference(s): | |||
| Dean, M T, Browne, M A E, Waters, C N, and Powell, J H. 2011. A lithostratigraphical framework for the Carboniferous successions of northern Great Britain (onshore). British Geological Survey Research Report RR/10/007. 165 pp. | |||
| Burgess, I C, and Holliday, D W. 1979. Geology of the country around Brough-under-Stainmore. Memoir for 1:50 000 geological sheet 31 and parts of sheets 25 and 30. Geological Survey of Great Britain (England and Wales). (London: HMSO.) 131 pp. | |||
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: | |||
| E010 E040 E041 E020 E014 E013 E049 | |||