The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

Gwna Melange Formation [Obsolete: use NGW]

Computer Code: GWNM Preferred Map Code: GwM
Status Code: Index Level
Age range: Ediacaran Period (AD) — Ediacaran Period (AD)
Lithological Description: [Obsolete: use NGW]
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: none recorded or not applicable
Parent Unit: none recorded or not applicable
Previous Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Alternative Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Stratotypes:
none recorded or not applicable
Reference(s):
Gibbons, W and Harris, A L. 1994. A revised correlation of Precambrian rocks in the British Isles. Geological Society of London Special Report, No.22. 
Horak, J M and Gibbons, W. 2000. Anglesey and the Lleyn Peninsula (Llyn). 145-179 in Carney, J (editor), Precambrian rocks of England and Wales. Geological Consrvation Review Series, 20. [Peterborough: Joint Nature Conservation Committee.] 
Shackleton, R M. 1975. Precambrian rocks of Wales. 76-83 in A correlation of Precambrian rocks in the British Isles. Harris, A L, and others (editors). Geological Society of London Special Report No. 6. 
Gibbons, W and Ball, M J. 1991. Discussion on Monian Supergroup srtatigraphy in north-west Wales. Journal of the Geological Society, London, Vol. 148, 5-8. 
Gibbons W and McCarroll D. 1993. Geology of the country around Aberdaron, including Bardsey Island. Memoir of the British Geological Survey, Sheet 133 (England and Wales). (London: H.M.S.O.). 88pp. 
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used:
E133 E094 E134