The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

Elland Flags

Computer Code: EF Preferred Map Code: notEntered
Status Code: Index Level
Age range: Langsettian Substage (CA) — Langsettian Substage (CA)
Lithological Description: The Elland Flags consist of fine- to medium-grained flaggy to thickly bedded micaceous sandstone. The unit occurs as a number of sandstone leaves that are interbedded with dark micaceous and carbonaceous mudstone, locally containing thin dirty coals.
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: Pennine Lower Coal Measures Formation (PLCM)
Previous Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
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:
E069 E077 E078 E070