The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details
Butterton Sandstone Bed
Computer Code: | BUTS | Preferred Map Code: | notEntered |
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Status Code: | Index Level | ||
Age range: | Asturian Substage (CAS) — Asturian Substage (CAS) | ||
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: | North Staffordshire. | ||
Parent Unit: | Halesowen Formation (HA) | ||
Previous Name(s): | Butterton Sandstone Member [Obsolete Name and Code: Use BUTS]
(-1404)
Butterton Sandstone [Obsolete Name and Code: Use BUTS] (-3882) |
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Alternative Name(s): | none recorded or not applicable | ||
Stratotypes: | |||
none recorded or not applicable | |||
Reference(s): | |||
Rees, J G and Wilson, A A. 1998. Geology of the country around Stoke-on-Trent. Memoir of the British Geological Survey, Sheet 123 (England and Wales). | |||
Powell, J H, Chisholm, JI, Bridge, D M, Rees, J G, Glover, B W and Besly, B M. 2000. Stratigraphical framework for Westphalian to Early Permian red-bed successions of the Pennine Basin. British Geological Survey Technical Report WA/99/10. | |||
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: | |||
E123 |