The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

Brora Brick Clay Member

Computer Code: BROBC Preferred Map Code: notEntered
Status Code: Pending Upgrade
Age range: Callovian Age (JC) — Callovian Age (JC)
Lithological Description: Clay.
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: none recorded or not applicable
Parent Unit: Strathsteven Mudstone Formation (SSTV)
Previous Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Alternative Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Stratotypes:
Type Section  West end of cliffs of the River Brora [NC 887 038]. 
Type Section  On the foreshore [NC 907 032] south of the mouth of the River Brora. 
Reference(s):
Barron, A J M, Lott, G K, and Riding, J B. 2012. Stratigraphical framework for the Middle Jurassic strata of Great Britain and the adjoining continental shelf. British Geological Survey Research Report RR/11/06. 
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used:
none recorded or not applicable