| Computer Code: |
WETS |
Preferred Map Code: |
WetS |
| Status Code: |
Full |
| Age range: |
Caradoc Series (O4)
— Caradoc Series (O4) |
| Lithological Description: |
Andesite and basaltic andesite sheets with thin intercalations of bedded volcaniclastic rocks. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Taken at the base of the lowest andesite sheet overlying the bedded volcaniclastic sandstone succession of the Seathwaite Fell Sandstone Formatrion. |
| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Defined by the base of the overlying Lincomb Tarns Tuff Formation. |
| Thickness: |
Possibly up to 1200m, much faulted. |
| Geographical Limits: |
Longsleddale to Wet Sleddale, eastern Lake District, Cumbria. |
| Parent Unit: |
Borrowdale Volcanic Group (BVG)
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| Previous Name(s): |
Wet Sleddale Formation [Obsolete Name and Code: Use WETS]
(-2526)
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| Alternative Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
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| Stratotypes: |
| Type Area |
Fellside from Tod Crags south to little Saddle Crag, Shap Fells, Cumbria. |
| Reference(s): |
| Millward, D. 2002. Geology of the area between Haweswater and Shap. British Geological Survey Research Report RR/02/02. |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
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E030
E039
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