The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

Woolwich and Reading Series [Obsolete: use WRB, LMBE]

Computer Code: -3142 Preferred Map Code: notEntered
Status Code: Index Level
Age range: Paleocene Epoch (GP) — Eocene Epoch (GE)
Lithological Description: [Obsolete: use LMBE]
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, 1854. On the structure of the strata between the London Clay and the Chalk etc, part 11. The Woolwich and Reading Series. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society, Vol.10, p.77. 
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used:
none recorded or not applicable