| Computer Code: |
SND |
Preferred Map Code: |
ShL |
| Status Code: |
Full |
| Age range: |
Ediacaran Period (AD)
— Ediacaran Period (AD) |
| Lithological Description: |
Grey coarse-grained volcaniclastic sandstone and sediment-clast breccia. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Not exposed, probably conformable on blue-grey interbedded fine- to coarse-grained tuffites of the Beacon Tuff Member. |
| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Not exposed, probably sharply succeeded by Buck Hills Member, comprising beds of grey, graded volcaniclastic siltstone and sandstone. |
| Thickness: |
20m |
| Geographical Limits: |
From near Sandhills Lodge, south of The Home Farm, it extends northwards and is last seen north-west of The Home Farm (SK 5036 1688). |
| Parent Unit: |
Beacon Hill Formation (CMBH)
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| 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 |
Near Sandhills Lodge, south of The Home Farm. |
| Reference(s): |
| Moseley, J and Ford, T D, 1985. A stratigraphic revision of the Late Precambrian rocks of Charnwood Forest, Leicestershire. Mercian Geologist, Vol.10(I), 1-18. |
| Carney, J N. 1994. Geology of the Thringstone, Shepshed and Loughborough districts (SK41NW, SK41NE and SK51NW). British Geological Survey Technical Report WA/94/08. |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
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E141
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