Computer Code: |
FDR |
Preferred Map Code: |
FD |
Status Code: |
Full |
Age range: |
Caradoc Series (O4)
— Caradoc Series (O4) |
Lithological Description: |
Rhyodacitic lavas and tuffs. |
Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Overlies Penmaen Tuff Formation comprising lava flows and tuffs of intermediate composition, plus associated sediments. |
Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Overlain by crystal-lithic tuffs with variable characteristics, of the Carneddol Rhyolitic Tuff Formation. |
Thickness: |
<100m to >250m |
Geographical Limits: |
Pwllheli area, northwest Wales. |
Parent Unit: |
Llanbedrog Volcanic Group (LIG)
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Previous Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
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Alternative Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
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Stratotypes: |
Reference Section |
Between Garn Saethon and Glan-y-gors. |
Reference(s): |
Young, T P, Gibbons, W and McCarroll, D. 2002. Geology of the country around Pwllheli. Memoir of the British Geological Survey, Sheet 134 (England and Wales). |
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
E134
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