The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

German Bands Ironstone

Computer Code: GNBI Preferred Map Code: notEntered
Status Code: Index Level
Age range: Langsettian Substage (CA) — Langsettian Substage (CA)
Lithological Description: Ironstone.
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: Within 1:50k Sheet 20 (England and Wales) Newcastle Upon Tyne, (Mills and Holliday, 1998, page 38).
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):
Mills, D A C and Holliday, D W. 1998. Geology of the district around Newcastle upon Tyne, Gateshead and Consett. Memoir of the British Geological survey sheet 20 (England and Wales). 
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used:
E020