The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details
Brathay Formation
| Computer Code: | BRF | Preferred Map Code: | BrF |
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| Status Code: | Full | ||
| Age range: | Sheinwoodian Age (SS) — Homerian Age (SH) | ||
| Lithological Description: | Laminated mudstone and siltstone. | ||
| Definition of Lower Boundary: | Conformably overlies the Browgill Formation of the Stockdale Group. | ||
| Definition of Upper Boundary: | Conformably overlain by the Birk Riggs Formation. | ||
| Thickness: | 100-320m | ||
| Geographical Limits: | Southern Lake District and northwest Pennines. | ||
| Parent Unit: | Tranearth Group (TNTH) | ||
| Previous Name(s): | Brathay Flags [Obsolete Name and Code: Use BRF]
(-2017)
Brathay Flag Formation [Obsolete Name and Code: Use BRF] (-4492) |
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| Alternative Name(s): | none recorded or not applicable | ||
| Stratotypes: | |||
| Reference Section | Brathay Quarries. | ||
| Type Section | Ash Gill Beck. | ||
| Reference(s): | |||
| Waters, C N, Gillespie, M R, Smith, K, Auton, C A, Floyd, J D, Leslie, A G, Millward, D, Mitchell, W I, McMillan, A A, Stone, P, Barron, A J M, Dean, M T, Hopson, P M, Krabbendam, M, Browne, M A E, Stephenson, D, Akhurst, M C, and Barnes, R P. 2007. Stratigraphical Chart of the United Kingdom: Northern Britain. (British Geological Survey.) | |||
| Kneller, B C, Scott R W, Soper N J, Johnson E W and Allen P M, 1994. Lithostratigraphy of the Windermere Supergroup, Northern England. Geological Journal, Vol. 29, 219-240. | |||
| Kneller, B C. 1990. The Wenlock rocks of sheet 38 (Ambleside). British Geological Survey Technical Report, WA/90/64 | |||
| Moseley F. 1984. Lower Palaeozoic lithostratigraphical classification in the English Lake District. Geological Journal, Vol. 19, p. 239-247. | |||
| Marr J E. 1892. On the Wenlock and Ludlow strata of the Lake District. Geological Magazine, Vol. 9, p 534-541. | |||
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: | |||
| E038 E039 E048 E031 E049 | |||