Computer Code: |
DIS |
Preferred Map Code: |
DIS |
Status Code: |
Full |
Age range: |
Ladinian Age (TD)
— Ladinian Age (TD) |
Lithological Description: |
Pale greenish grey siltstone and fine-grained sandstone; parallel lamination, cross lamination, load structures and convolute bedding. |
Definition of Lower Boundary: |
The base is defined by green siltstone or sandstone overlying red mudstone of the undivided Gunthorpe Formation. |
Definition of Upper Boundary: |
The top is defined by red mudstone of the undivided Gunthorpe Formation overlying green siltstone or sandstone. |
Thickness: |
2-4 m. |
Geographical Limits: |
South Derbyshire - north-west Leicestershire. |
Parent Unit: |
Gunthorpe Member (GUN)
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Previous Name(s): |
Diseworth Member [Obsolete Name and Code: Use DIS]
(-2754)
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Alternative Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
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Stratotypes: |
Type Area |
Country between Breedon-on-the-Hill, Diseworth and Belton. |
Reference(s): |
Ambrose, K, and Carney, J N. 1997. Geology of the Breedon on the Hill area. British Geological Survey Technical Report WA/97/42. |
Carney, J N, Ambrose, K and Brandon, A. 2001. Geology of the country between Burton, Loughborough and Derby. Description of 1:50k Sheet 141 (England and Wales). |
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
E141
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