The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details
Basal Beds Formation (Cumbria)
| Computer Code: | BABE | Preferred Map Code: | BB |
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| Status Code: | Full | ||
| Age range: | Courceyan Substage (CF) — Courceyan Substage (CF) | ||
| Lithological Description: | Conglomerates with minor sandstones and mudstones. | ||
| Definition of Lower Boundary: | Unconformable base on Skiddaw Group or Eycott Volcanic Group rocks. | ||
| Definition of Upper Boundary: | Overlain conformably by Dinantian sediments (Orton Group or Chief Limestone Group); locally by Cockermouth Lavas. | ||
| Thickness: | Up to c.30m. | ||
| Geographical Limits: | British Geological Sheets 22, 23. | ||
| Parent Unit: | Not Applicable (-) | ||
| Previous Name(s): | Basement Conglomerate [Obsolete Name and Code: Use LNCO, BABE]
(-3187)
Basement Beds [Obsolete Name and Code: Use WAR, HEY, BRCT, BABE, LFSB, LLW, DELA, FRM, PLT, FRFA, PFLD, DDC] (-3812) |
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| Alternative Name(s): | none recorded or not applicable | ||
| Stratotypes: | |||
| Reference Section | Tommy Gill, Redmain. | ||
| Reference(s): | |||
| Eastwood, T, Hollingworth, S E, Rose, W C C, and Trotter, F M. 1968. Geology of the country around Cockermouth and Caldbeck. Memoir of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, England and Wales, Sheet 23. | |||
| Mitchell, M, Taylor, B J and Ramsbottom, W H C, 1978. Carboniferous, 168-188 in The geology of the Lake District. Moseley, F (editor). Yorkshire Geological Society Special Publication. No.3. | |||
| Arthurton, R S, and Wadge, A J. 1981. Geology of the country around Penrith. Memoir for geological sheet 24. Institute of Geological Sciences, London, HMSO. | |||
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: | |||
| E022 E023 E024 E028 E039 | |||