The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

Melton Ross Marl

Computer Code: MROSS Preferred Map Code: notEntered
Status Code: Index Level
Age range: Turonian Age (KT) — Turonian Age (KT)
Lithological Description: Marl.
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: Welton Chalk Formation (WCK)
Previous Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Alternative Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Stratotypes:
none recorded or not applicable
Reference(s):
Hopson, P M. 2005. A stratigraphical framework for the Upper Cretaceous Chalk of England and Scotland, with statements on the Chalk of Northern Ireland and the UK Offshore Sector. British Geological Survey Research Report RR/05/01 102pp. ISBN 0 852725175 
Mortimore, R N, and Wood, C J. 1986. The distribution of flint in the English Chalk, with particular reference to the 'Brandon Flint Series' and the high Turonian flint maximum. 7-20 in The Scientific Study of Flint and Chert. Sieveking, G, de G, and Hart, M B (editors). (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.) 
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used:
none recorded or not applicable