| Computer Code: |
ARG |
Preferred Map Code: |
notEntered |
| Status Code: |
Index Level |
| Age range: |
Bolsovian Substage (CC)
— Asturian Substage (CAS) |
| Lithological Description: |
[Obsolete: use WAWK] |
| 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: |
Lancashire and Cheshire. |
| Parent Unit: |
none recorded or not applicable
|
| Previous Name(s): |
Ardwick Formation [Obsolete Name and Code: Use ARG]
(-3174)
|
| Alternative Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
|
| Stratotypes: |
| none recorded or not applicable |
| Reference(s): |
| Ramsbottom, W H C, Calver, M A, Eagar, R M C, Hodson, F, Holliday, D W, Stubblefield, C J and Wilson, R B. 1978. A correlation of the Silesian rocks in the British Isles. Geological Society of London, Special Report No.10. |
| 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: |
|
E084
E085
E097
E098
|
