The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details
Rotliegend Group
| Computer Code: | RLG | Preferred Map Code: | RlG |
|---|---|---|---|
| Status Code: | Full | ||
| Age range: | Cisuralian Epoch (PLC) — Lopingian Epoch (PUL) | ||
| Lithological Description: | Succession of terrestrial aeolian, fluvial and inland lacustrine sandstones and conglomerates with mudstone and subordinate halite. | ||
| Definition of Lower Boundary: | Unconformable base resting on older strata ranging from Devonian to Late Carboniferous. | ||
| Definition of Upper Boundary: | Unconformable top overlain by the Kupferschiefer or Marl Slate (or younger strata). | ||
| Thickness: | 0 - 1000 m. | ||
| Geographical Limits: | Northern England, southern and northern North Sea, Holland, Germany. | ||
| Parent Unit: | Not Applicable (-) | ||
| Previous Name(s): | Rotliegendes Group
(RLGES)
Rotliegendes Group (RLGES) |
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| Alternative Name(s): | none recorded or not applicable | ||
| Stratotypes: | |||
| none recorded or not applicable | |||
| Reference(s): | |||
| Waters, C N, Gillespie, M R, Smith, K, Auton, C A, Floyd, J D, Leslie, A G, Millward, D, Mitchell, W I, McMillan, A A, Stone, P, Barron, A J M, Dean, M T, Hopson, P M, Krabbendam, M, Browne, M A E, Stephenson, D, Akhurst, M C, and Barnes, R P. 2007. Stratigraphical Chart of the United Kingdom: Northern Britain. (British Geological Survey.) | |||
| Cameron, T D J. 1993. 4. Triassic, Permian and pre-Permian of the Central and Northern North Sea. In: Knox, R W O'B and Cordey, W G (eds.) Lithostratigraphic nomenclature of the UK North Sea. British Geological Survey, Nottingham. | |||
| Glennie, K W. 1990. Lower Permian - Rotliegend. In: Glennie, K W (ed.) Introduction to the Petroleum Geology of the North Sea, Blackwell Scientific Publications, p. 120 - 152. | |||
| Deegan, C E and Scull, B J. 1977. A standard lithostratigraphic nomenclature for the Central and Northern North Sea. Report of the Institute of Geological Sciences, 77/25; NPD Bulletin No.1. | |||
| Johnson, H, Warrington, G and Stoker, S J. 1994. 6. Permian and Triassic of the Southern North Sea. In: Knox, R W O'B and Cordey, W G (eds.) Lithostratigraphic nomenclature of the UK North Sea. British Geological Survey, Nottingham. | |||
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: | |||
| E162 E021 E010 E026 E015 E027 E132 E148 | |||