| Computer Code: |
EDW |
Preferred Map Code: |
Edw |
| Status Code: |
Full |
| Age range: |
Carnian Age (TC)
— Carnian Age (TC) |
| Lithological Description: |
Mudstone and siltstone, red-brown and greenish grey, with beds of indurated, variably dolomitic siltstone and very fine-grained sandstone common in the lower half; finely disseminated gypsum common in upper half. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Conformable, at the abrupt or rapid upward transition from interbedded green mudstone and pale grey fine-grained sandstone of the Cotgrave Sandstone Member to reddish brown structureless mudstone at the base of the Edwalton Member. |
| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Conformable, at the abrupt upward transition from structureless, reddish brown and greenish grey mottled, gypsiferous mudstone at the top of the Edwalton Member to the lowest fine to medium-grained sandstone bed of the Arden Sandstone Formation. |
| Thickness: |
35 to 45 m. |
| Geographical Limits: |
Mapped at the surface in south Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire; recognisable in borehole core and geophysical logs in the subsurface throughout East Midlands and northeast England. |
| Parent Unit: |
Sidmouth Mudstone Formation (SIM)
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| Previous Name(s): |
Edwalton Formation [Obsolete Name and Code: Use EDW]
(-228)
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| Alternative Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
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| Stratotypes: |
| Reference Section |
Fulbeck F/B1 Borehole (SK85SE/25), Fulbeck, Lincolnshire, between 158.8 m and 119.41 m depth. Curated core held at the National Geosciences Records Centre, BGS Keyworth. Berridge et al., 1999. |
| Reference Section |
Surface section, in north bank of gullied trackway to west of Kneeton, Notts. exposes lowermost 12 m of formation including base. |
| Type Section |
Cropwell Bridge Borehole (SK63NE/28), near Cropwell Bishop, Nottinghamshire, from 42.0 m to 84.2 m depth. Curated core held at the National Geosciences Records Centre, BGS Keyworth. Howard et al., 2009. |
| Reference(s): |
| Howard, A S, Warrington, G, Ambrose, K, and Rees, J G. 2008. A formational framework for the Mercia Mudstone Group (Triassic) of England and Wales. British Geological Survey Research Report, RR/08/04. |
| Berridge, N G, Pattison, J, Samuel, M D A, Brandon, A, Howard, A S, Pharaoh, T C, and Riley, N J. 1999. Geology of the Grantham district. Memoir of the British Geological Survey, sheet 127 (England and Wales). |
| Warrington, G, Audley-Charles, M G, Elliott, R E, Evans, W B, Ivimey-Cook, H C, Kent, P E, Robinson, P L, Shotton, F W and Taylor, F M. 1980. A correlation of the Triassic rocks in the British Isles. Special Report of the Geological Society of London, No.13. |
| Howard, A S, Warrington, G, Carney, J N, Ambrose, K, Young, S R and Pharaoh, T C. 2009. Geology of the country around Nottingham. Memoir of the British Geological Survey, Sheet 126 (England and Wales). |
| Elliott, R E. 1961. The stratigraphy of the Keuper Series in southern Notinghamshire. Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society, Vol. 33, 197-231. |
| Charsley, T J, Rathbone, P A, and Lowe, D J. 1990. Nottingham: A geological background for planning and development. British Geological Survey Technical Report WA/90/1. |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
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E126
E127
E142
E141
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