The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

Nettleton Stone

Computer Code: NETTS Preferred Map Code: notEntered
Status Code: Index Level
Age range: Cenomanian Age (KE) — Cenomanian Age (KE)
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: none recorded or not applicable
Geographical Limits: none recorded or not applicable
Parent Unit: Ferriby Chalk Formation (FYCK)
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 
Jeans, C V. 1980. Early submarine lithification in the Red Chalk and Lower Chalk of Eastern England; a bacterial control model and its implications. Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society, Vol.43, 81-157. 
Murray, K H. 1986. Correlation of electrical resistivity marker bands in the Cenomanian and Turonian Chalk from the London Basin to East Yorkshire. British Geological Survey Report, Vol. 17, No. 8, 1-18. 
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used:
none recorded or not applicable