The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

Dyffryn Mymbyr Tuff

Computer Code: DMT Preferred Map Code: notEntered
Status Code: Full
Age range: Soudleyan Substage (OY) — Soudleyan Substage (OY)
Lithological Description: Tuff.
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: Capel Curig Volcanic Formation (CCV)
Previous Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Alternative Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Stratotypes:
none recorded or not applicable
Reference(s):
Rushton, A W A and Howells, M F. 1998. Stratigraphical framework for the Ordovician of Snowdonia and the Lleyn Peninsula. British Geological Survey Research Report, RR/99/08. 
Howells, M F, Francis, E H, Leveridge, B E and Evans, C D R, 1978. Classical areas of British Geology. Capel Curig and Betws-y-Coed. Description of 1:25 000 Sheet SH75. London: HMSO for Institute of Geological Sciences. 
Howells, M F, Reedman, A J and Campbell, S D G, 1991. Ordovician (Caradoc) marginal basin volcanism in Snowdonia (north-west Wales). (London: HMSO for the British Geological Survey). 
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used:
none recorded or not applicable