| Computer Code: |
SPCL |
Preferred Map Code: |
SPCL |
| Status Code: |
Index Level |
| Age range: |
Pendleian Substage (CE)
— Pendleian Substage (CE) |
| Lithological Description: |
Coal and coaly shale. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Rests on dark shale and seatearth. |
| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Overlain by carbonaceous shale. |
| Thickness: |
0.75 m. |
| Geographical Limits: |
none recorded or not applicable
|
| Parent Unit: |
Ballyvoy Sandstone Formation (BVYS)
|
| Previous Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
|
| Alternative Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
|
| Stratotypes: |
| Type Area |
North-east coast of Country Antrim. Cliff sections east of Ballycastle. |
| Reference(s): |
| Wilson, H E and Robbie, J A. 1966. Geology of the Country around Ballycastle. Memoir of the Geological Survey. [Belfast: HMSO.] |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
| none recorded or not applicable |
