The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

Woolwich Shell Bed(s) [Obsolete: use LSCL, UPSCL]

Computer Code: -5087 Preferred Map Code: notEntered
Status Code: Index Level
Age range: Eocene Epoch (GE) — Eocene Epoch (GE)
Lithological Description: [Obsolete: use LSCL, UPSCL]
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):
Stamp, L.D., Priest, S., 1920. The geology of the Swanscombe Eocene outlier, Kent, and report of excursion: Saturday, 24th April, 1920. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association 31, 187-199, IN183. 
Curry, D. 1958. Part 3a XII Palaeogene. Lexique Stratigraphique International. Whittard, W F, and Simpson, S (editors). Vol. 1 Europe (Paris: Centre Nationale de la Research Scientifique.) 
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used:
none recorded or not applicable