The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

Upper Keuper Sandstone [Obsolete: use MASS, AS]

Computer Code: -1683 Preferred Map Code: notEntered
Status Code: Index Level
Age: []
Lithological Description: [Obsolete: use MASS, AS]
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: none recorded or not applicable
Previous Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Alternative Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Stratotypes:
none recorded or not applicable
Reference(s):
Phillips, J. 1848. The Malvern Hills compared with the Palaeozoic districts of Abberley, Woolhope, May Hill, Tortworth and Usk. Memoir of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, Vol. 2, Part 1. 
Symonds, W S. 1855. Notice of fossils from the Keuper Sandstones of Pendock, Worcestershire. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London, Vol.11, 450-451. 
Brodie, P B. 1870. On the geology of Warwickshire. 34th Annual Report of the Warwickshire Natural History and Archaeological Society, 10-34. 
Plant, J. 1856. On the upper Keuper Sandstone (included in the New Red Marls) and its fossils at Leicester. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London, Vol.12, 369-373. 
Ussher, W A E. 1908. The geology of the Quantock Hills and of Taunton and Bridgewater. Memoir of the Geological Survey of Great Britain. 
Wills, L J and Campbell Smith, W. 1913. Notes on the flora and fauna of the Upper Keuper Sandstones of Warwickshire and Worcestershire. Geological Magazine, Vol.50, 461-462. 
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used:
none recorded or not applicable