The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

Woolwich and Reading Beds [Obsolete: use WRB, LMBE, RB]

Computer Code: -2293 Preferred Map Code: notEntered
Status Code: Index Level
Age range: Paleocene Epoch (GP) — Eocene Epoch (GE)
Lithological Description: [Obsolete: use LMBE, RB]
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):
Hester, S W. 1965. Stratigraphy and palaeogeography of the Woolwich and Reading Beds. Bulletin of the Geological Survey of Great Britain No. 23, 117-137. 
Hull, E, and Whitaker, W. 1861. The geology of parts of Oxfordshire and Berkshire. Memoir of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, Sheet 13 (Old Series). 
Whitaker, W. 1866. On the "Lower London Tertiaries" of Kent. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society London, Vol.22, 404-435. 
Curry, D, Adams, C G, Boulter, M C, Dilley, F C, Eames, F E, Funnell, B M, and Wells, M K. 1978. A Correlation of Tertiary rocks in the British Isles. Geological Society of London Special Publication, Vol. 12, 1-72. 
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used:
none recorded or not applicable