The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

St Mary's Well Bay Member

Computer Code: STM Preferred Map Code: notEntered
Status Code: Pending Upgrade
Age range: Rhaetian Age (TR) — Hettangian Age (JH)
Lithological Description: none recorded or not applicable
Definition of Lower Boundary: none recorded or not applicable
Definition of Upper Boundary: none recorded or not applicable
Thickness: none recorded or not applicable
Geographical Limits: South Wales.
Parent Unit: Blue Lias Formation (BLI)
Previous Name(s): St Marys Well Bay Formation [Obsolete Name and Code: Use STM] (-1206)
Alternative Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Stratotypes:
none recorded or not applicable
Reference(s):
Cox, B M, Sumbler, M G, and Ivimey-Cook, H C. 1999. A Formational framework for the Lower Jurassic of England and Wales (Onshore Area). British Geological Survey Research Report RR/99/01. 
Waters, R A and Lawrence, D J D. 1987. Geology of the South Wales Coalfield - Part III: the country around Cardiff. Memoir of the British Geological Survey, Sheet 263. (England and Wales). 
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used:
E263 E262