| Computer Code: |
PESH |
Preferred Map Code: |
notEntered |
| Status Code: |
Pending Upgrade |
| Age range: |
Kinderscoutian Substage (CK)
— Kinderscoutian Substage (CK) |
| Lithological Description: |
These comprise shell beds (?limestone) in shale above sandstone mapped as the lowest grit of the 'Millstone Grit'. The name is an alternative one for the Dipton Foot Marine Beds. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
none recorded or not applicable
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| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
none recorded or not applicable
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| Thickness: |
none recorded or not applicable
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| Geographical Limits: |
Type locality is at Dipton Burn, Hexham, Northumberland. |
| Parent Unit: |
Millstone Grit Group [See Also MIGR] (MG)
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| Previous Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
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| Alternative Name(s): |
Dipton Burn Marine Beds
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| Stratotypes: |
| none recorded or not applicable |
| Reference(s): |
| Carruthers, R G and Robertson, T. 1956. One-inch New Series sheet 19 (Hexham). Geological Survey of Great Britain. |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
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E019
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