The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details
Buck Hills Member
Computer Code: | CMBG | Preferred Map Code: | BHM |
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Status Code: | Full | ||
Age range: | Ediacaran Period (AD) — Ediacaran Period (AD) | ||
Lithological Description: | Blue-grey, laminated, graded volcaniclastic mudstones and siltstones with beds of massive to graded medium-grained volcaniclastic sandstone. | ||
Definition of Lower Boundary: | Sharp to locally gradational base on Sandhills Lodge Member, latter comprising volcaniclastic sandstone and sediment-clast breccia. | ||
Definition of Upper Boundary: | Sharp contact with interbedded volcaniclastic sandstones and breccias of Outwoods Breccia Member. | ||
Thickness: | About 790m | ||
Geographical Limits: | Buck Hills. | ||
Parent Unit: | Beacon Hill Formation (CMBH) | ||
Previous Name(s): | Buck Hills Grit [Obsolete Name and Code: Use CMBG]
(-2102)
Buck Hills Greywacke [Obsolete Name and Code: Use CMBG] (-2707) |
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Alternative Name(s): | none recorded or not applicable | ||
Stratotypes: | |||
Type Area | Buck Hills. | ||
Reference Section | Ridge to west of Home Farm. | ||
Reference(s): | |||
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. | |||
Carney, J N. 1994. Geology of the Thringstone, Shepshed and Loughborough districts (SK41NW, SK41NE and SK51NW). British Geological Survey Technical Report WA/94/08. | |||
Worssam, B C and Old, R A, 1988. Geology of the country around Coalville. Memoir of the British Geological Survey, Sheet 155 (England and Wales) | |||
Watts, W W, 1947. Geology of the ancient rocks of Charnwood Forest, Leicestershire. Leicester: Leicester Literary and Philosophical Society. | |||
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: | |||
E141 |