The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

Falhouse Rock

Computer Code: FHR Preferred Map Code: notEntered
Status Code: Index Level
Age range: Langsettian Substage (CA) — Langsettian Substage (CA)
Lithological Description: The Falhouse Rock is a fine-grained, thinly bedded sandstone that forms a number of leaves interbedded with mudstone.
Definition of Lower Boundary: none recorded or not applicable
Definition of Upper Boundary: none recorded or not applicable
Thickness: To c.20m, commonly less.
Geographical Limits: West Yorkshire area [Falhouse, Lower Whitley, Yorkshire].
Parent Unit: Pennine Lower Coal Measures Formation (PLCM)
Previous Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Alternative Name(s): Silkstone Rock
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:
E077 E086