The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

Careg-Onen Beds [Obsolete: use OCO]

Computer Code: CGO Preferred Map Code: notEntered
Status Code: Index Level
Age range: Cambrian Period (E) — Cambrian Period (E)
Lithological Description: [Obsolete: use OCO] Interbedded pebbly, micaceous greywacke sandstones and cleaved green silty and sandy mudstones.
Definition of Lower Boundary: Rests unconformably on chlorite schists of the Precambrian Mona Complex.
Definition of Upper Boundary: Overlain unconformably by cleaved dark grey Ordovician mudstones.
Thickness: Not defined.
Geographical Limits: Not defined.
Parent Unit: none recorded or not applicable
Previous Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Alternative Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Stratotypes:
Type Area  Llandudno, Sheet 94. 
Reference(s):
Greenly, E. 1919. Geology of Anglesey. Memoir of the Geological Survey, UK. 
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used:
E094