The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details
Staithes Sandstone Formation
| Computer Code: | STA | Preferred Map Code: | Sta |
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| Status Code: | Full | ||
| Age range: | Pliensbachian Age (JE) — Pliensbachian Age (JE) | ||
| Lithological Description: | Silty sandstone, more or less argillaceous, typically intensely bioturbated and/or showing bedding structures of many types. | ||
| Definition of Lower Boundary: | Gradational contact with underlying mudstones of the Redcar Mudstone Formation, but defined at base of "Oyster Bed" (highly fossiliferous calcareous and ferruginous sandstone), which apparently persists as a continuous horizon throughout the Cleveland Basin. | ||
| Definition of Upper Boundary: | Upward transition from sandstone/siltstone to shaly mudstone with scattered sideritic nodules of the Cleveland Ironstone Formation. | ||
| Thickness: | To c.30m | ||
| Geographical Limits: | Cleveland Basin, North Yorkshire. | ||
| Parent Unit: | Lias Group (LI) | ||
| Previous Name(s): | Cleveland Sand Formation [Obsolete Name and Code: Use STA]
(-1200)
Sandy and Micaceous Beds [Obsolete Name and Code: Use STA] (-3048) Staithes Beds [Obsolete Name and Code: Use STA] (-2449) Sandy Series [Obsolete Name and Code: Use STA] (-4901) Marlstone Series [Obsolete Name and Code: Use STA] (-3694) Staithes Formation [Obsolete Name and Code: Use STA] (-3695) |
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| Alternative Name(s): | none recorded or not applicable | ||
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| Reference Section | Coastal exposures between Robin Hood's Bay and Hawsker Bottoms, North Yorkshire (between Ness Point and Clockcase Nab including Castle Chamber). Hesselbo, S P and Jenkyns, H C, 1995. See also Cox, B M, et al, 1999 for additional reference sections. | ||
| Type Area | North Yorkshire Coast. | ||
| Type Section | Coastal exposures at Staithes harbour between Cowbar Nab and Penny Nab. Howarth, M K, 1955; Hesselbo, S P and Jenkyns, H C, 1995. | ||
| Reference(s): | |||
| Howarth, M K, 1955. Domerian of the Yorkshire coast. Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society, Vol.30, 147-175. | |||
| Waters, C N, Smith, K, Hopson, P M, Wilson, D, Bridge, D M, Carney, J N, Cooper, A H, Crofts, R G, Ellison, R A, Mathers, S J, Moorlock, B S P, Scrivener, R C, McMillan, A A, Ambrose, K, Barclay, W J, and Barron, A J M. 2007. Stratigraphical Chart of the United Kingdom: Southern Britain. British Geological Survey, 1 poster. | |||
| Howard, A S, 1985. Lithostratigraphy of the Staithes Sandstone and Cleveland Ironstone formations (Lower Jurassic) of north-east Yorkshire. Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society, Vol.45, 261-275. | |||
| Hesselbo, S P and Jenkyns, H C A, 1995. A comparison of the Hettangian to Bajocian successions of Dorset and Yorkshire. 105-150 in Taylor, P D (Editor). Field geology of the British Jurassic (London Geological Society). | |||
| Cox, B M, Sumbler, M G, and Ivimey-Cook, H C. 1999. A Formational framework for the Lower Jurassic of England and Wales (Onshore Area). British Geological Survey Research Report RR/99/01. | |||
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: | |||
| E043 E034 E035 E044 E042 E052 E054 E062 E055 E065 E064 | |||