| Computer Code: |
ELCR |
Preferred Map Code: |
ElCr |
| Status Code: |
Full |
| Age range: |
Kinderscoutian Substage (CK)
— Kinderscoutian Substage (CK) |
| Lithological Description: |
Sandstone, fine-to-medium-grained, large scale cross-bedding; coaly layers. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Abrupt change from mudstone of Dolphinholme Mudstone to sandstone of the Ellel Crag Sandstone. |
| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Abrupt change from sandstone of the Ellel Crag Sandstone to mudstone/siltstone of overlying unnamed beds within the Millstone Grit Group. |
| Thickness: |
50 -70m |
| Geographical Limits: |
Ellel and Forton, Lancashire. |
| Parent Unit: |
Samlesbury Formation (SAML)
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| Previous Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
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| Alternative Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
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| Stratotypes: |
| Type Area |
Ellel Crag Quarry, near Dolphinholme, Lancashire. |
| Reference(s): |
| Wilson, A A, Brandon, A and Johnson, E W, 1989. Abbeystead: Geological context of the Wyresdale Tunnel methane explosion. Technical Report of the British Geological Survey WA/89/30. |
| Aitkenhead, N, Bridge, D M, Riley, N J, and Kimbell, S F. 1992. Geology of the country around Garstang. Memoir of the British Geological Survey, Sheet 67 (England and Wales) |
| Brandon, A, Aitkenhead, N, Crofts, R G, Ellison, R A, Evans, D J, and Riley, N J. 1998. Geology of the country around Lancaster. Memoir of the British Geological Survey, Sheet 59 (England and Wales). |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
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E059
E067
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