The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details
Great Scar Limestone Group
| Computer Code: | GSCL | Preferred Map Code: | GScL |
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| Status Code: | Pending Upgrade | ||
| Age range: | Arundian Substage (CJ) — Brigantian Substage (CX) | ||
| 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: | To c.180m | ||
| Geographical Limits: | Pennines of Yorkshire/Lancashire/Westmorland. | ||
| Parent Unit: | Carboniferous Limestone Supergroup (CL) | ||
| Previous Name(s): | Great Scar Limestone
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Main Limestone Group (Cumbria) [Obsolete Name And Code: Use GSCL] (MALG) Chief Limestone Group [Obsolete Name And Code: See GSCL And AG] (CHFL) |
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| Alternative Name(s): | none recorded or not applicable | ||
| Stratotypes: | |||
| none recorded or not applicable | |||
| Reference(s): | |||
| Garwood, E J and Goodyear, E, 1924. The Lower Carboniferous succession in the Settle district. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society, 90, 189. | |||
| Miller, A A and Turner, J S, 1931. The Lower Carboniferous succession along the Dent fault and the Yoredale beds of the Shap district. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, 42, 3. | |||
| Rayner, D H, 1953. The Lower Carboniferous rocks in the north of England. Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society, 28, 249. | |||
| Garwood, E J. 1913. The Lower Carboniferous succession in the north-west of England. Journal of the Geological Society, London, Vol.68 (for 1912), 449-586. | |||
| Sedgwick, A, 1836. Description of a series of longitudinal and transverse sections through a portion of the Carboniferous chain between Penigent and Kirkby Stephen. Transactions of the Geological Society of London, (2), 4. | |||
| Phillips, J. 1836. Illustrations of the Geology of Yorkshire, Part II. The Mountain Limestone District. (London:John Murray). | |||
| Rowley, C R. 1969. The stratigraphy of the Carboniferous Middle Limestone Group of West Edenside, Westmorland. Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society, Vol.37, 329-350. | |||
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: | |||
| E031 E049 E400 E039 E050 E041 E040 | |||