The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details
Banks Formation
Computer Code: | BANKS | Preferred Map Code: | notEntered |
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Status Code: | Pending Upgrade | ||
Age range: | Marine Isotope Stage 12 (QMIS012) — Marine Isotope Stage 4 (QMIS004) | ||
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: | none recorded or not applicable | ||
Parent Unit: | Eilean Siar Glacigenic Group (EISR) | ||
Previous Name(s): | Banks Subsequence
(-5043)
Banks Sequence (-5042) |
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Alternative Name(s): | none recorded or not applicable | ||
Stratotypes: | |||
none recorded or not applicable | |||
Reference(s): | |||
Stoker, M S, Balson, P S, Long, D, and Tappin, D R. 2011. An overview of the lithostratigraphical framework for the Quaternary deposits on the United Kingdom continental shelf. British Geological Survey Research Report, RR/11/03. 48pp. | |||
Stoker, M S, Hitchen, K, and Graham, C C. 1993. United Kingdom offshore regional report: the geology of the Hebrides and West Shetland shelves and adjacent deep-water areas. (London: HMSO for the British Geological Survey.) | |||
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: | |||
none recorded or not applicable |