The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

Whorneyside Formation [Obsolete: use WNY]

Computer Code: -1925 Preferred Map Code: notEntered
Status Code: Index Level
Age: []
Lithological Description: [Obsolete: use WNY]
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):
Branney, M J, 1991. Eruption and depositional facies of the Whorneyside Tuff Formation, English Lake District: An exceptionally large-magnitude phreatoplinian eruption. Bulletin of the Geological Society of America, Vol.103, p.886-897. 
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used:
none recorded or not applicable