The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

Elswick Mudstone Formation

Computer Code: ELMU Preferred Map Code: notEntered
Status Code: Pending Upgrade
Age range: Carnian Age (TC) — Norian Age (TN)
Lithological Description: none recorded or not applicable
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: East Irish Sea Basin.
Parent Unit: Mercia Mudstone Group (MMG)
Previous Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Alternative Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Stratotypes:
none recorded or not applicable
Reference(s):
Jackson, D I and Johnson, H, 1996. Lithostratigraphic nomenclature of the Triassic, Permian and Carboniferous of the UK offshore East Irish Sea Basin, British Geological Survey, Nottingham. 
Jackson, D I, Johnson, H and Smith, N J P. 1997. Stratigraphical relationships and a revised lithostratigraphical nomenclature for the Carboniferous, Permian and Triassic rocks of the offshore East Irish Sea Basin. 11-32 in Petroleum Geology of the Irish Sea and Adjacent Areas. Meadows, N S, Trueblood, S P, Hardman, M and Cowan, G. (editors). Geological Society Special Publication, No.124. 
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used:
none recorded or not applicable