The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

Woolley Edge Rock

Computer Code: WE Preferred Map Code: notEntered
Status Code: Index Level
Age range: Duckmantian Substage (CB) — Duckmantian Substage (CB)
Lithological Description: Sandstone, coarse-grained in the north, becoming finer southwards.
Definition of Lower Boundary: none recorded or not applicable
Definition of Upper Boundary: none recorded or not applicable
Thickness: Maximun c.50m near Normanton.
Geographical Limits: West and south Yorkshire area [Woolley Edge, northwest of Barnsley].
Parent Unit: Pennine Middle Coal Measures Formation (PMCM)
Previous Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Alternative Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Stratotypes:
none recorded or not applicable
Reference(s):
none recorded or not applicable
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used:
E087 E078