Computer Code: |
REG |
Preferred Map Code: |
ReG |
Status Code: |
Full |
Age range: |
Caradoc Series (O4)
— Caradoc Series (O4) |
Lithological Description: |
Brown and tourquoise-weathered, bedded, fine-grained tuff with common scour and fill structures that forms a prominent marker unit overlying the Bad Step Tuff. |
Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Taken at the base of bedded silicic tuff overlying parataxitic and lava-like tuff of the Bad Step Tuff |
Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Defined by the overlying parataxitic lapilli-tuff of the Crinkle Tuff Member |
Thickness: |
Up to 3.5m, but is typically less than 1m |
Geographical Limits: |
Cumbria. Langdale area of Lake District |
Parent Unit: |
Crinkle Tuff Member (CRK)
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Previous Name(s): |
Rest Gill Tuff Member [Obsolete Name and Code: Use REG]
(-2391)
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Alternative Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
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Stratotypes: |
Reference Section |
Rest Gill, Crinkle Crags, SW of Langdale, Lake District, Cumbria Branney et al., 1993 |
Reference(s): |
Millward, D, Johnson, E W, Beddoe-Stephens, B, Young, B, Kneller, B C, Lee, M K, Fortey, N J, Allen, P M, Branney, M J, Cooper, D C, Hirons, S, Kokelaar, B P, Marks, R J, McConnell, B J, Merritt, J W, Molyneux, S G, Petterson, M G, Roberts, B, Rundle, C C, Rushton, A W A, Scott, R W, Soper, N J, and Stone, P. 2000. Geology of the Ambleside district. Memoir of the British Geological Survey, England and Wales, Sheet 38. |
Branney, M J, Davis, N C, Kokalaar, B P, and McConnell, B J. 1993. The Airy's Bridge Formation in the central Fells. British Geological Survey Technical Report WA/93/41 |
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
none recorded or not applicable |