The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

Cheney Longville Formation

Computer Code: CHLF Preferred Map Code: notEntered
Status Code: Pending Upgrade
Age range: Longvillian Substage (OL) — Marshbrookian Substage (OM)
Lithological Description: Yellowish brown siltstones and sandstones.
Definition of Lower Boundary: none recorded or not applicable
Definition of Upper Boundary: none recorded or not applicable
Thickness: c.120m in the Church Stretton area; to c.250m in the Caradoc (north) area.
Geographical Limits: none recorded or not applicable
Parent Unit: Not Applicable (-)
Previous Name(s): Cheney Longville Flags [Obsolete Name and Code: Use CHLF] (-2696)
Alternative Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Stratotypes:
none recorded or not applicable
Reference(s):
none recorded or not applicable
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used:
none recorded or not applicable