| Computer Code: |
WVO |
Preferred Map Code: |
WHV |
| Status Code: |
Full |
| Age range: |
Ediacaran Period (AD)
— Ediacaran Period (AD) |
| Lithological Description: |
An assemblage with no obvious stratigraphy, consisting of massive porphyritic dacite, dacite breccia and andesite. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
All boundaries are probably intrusive or fault-controlled. Components include: Peldar Dacite Breccia, Sharpley Porphyritic Dacite, Grimley Andesite. |
| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
none recorded or not applicable
|
| Thickness: |
0-980m |
| Geographical Limits: |
North-west Charnwood Forest between Whitwick Quarry, High Sharpley and Whitwick Village. |
| Parent Unit: |
Charnian Supergroup (CHA)
|
| Previous Name(s): |
Whitwick Complex [Obsolete Name and Code: Use WVO]
(-3778)
|
| Alternative Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
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| Stratotypes: |
| Type Area |
North-west Charnwood Forest between Whitwick Quarry, High Sharpley and Whitwick Village. |
| Reference(s): |
| Carney, J N. 1994. Geology of the Thringstone, Shepshed and Loughborough districts (SK41NW, SK41NE and SK51NW). British Geological Survey Technical Report WA/94/08. |
| 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. |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
|
E141
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