The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

Thanet Sands [Obsolete: use TAB]

Computer Code: -1856 Preferred Map Code: notEntered
Status Code: Index Level
Age range: Paleocene Epoch (GP) — Paleocene Epoch (GP)
Lithological Description: [Obsolete: use TAB]
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):
Prestwich, J, 1852. On the structure of the strata between the London Clay and the Chalk, etc, part 111. The Thanet Sands. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society, Vol.8, p.235-268. 
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used:
none recorded or not applicable