The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

Arley And Exhall Sandstones

Computer Code: ARSA Preferred Map Code: notEntered
Status Code: Index Level
Age range: Asturian Substage (CAS) — Stephanian Stage (CS)
Lithological Description: Sandstone.
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: Whitacre Member (WIT)
Previous Name(s): Arley Sandstone [Obsolete Name and Code: Use ARSA] (-3175)
Arley Conglomerate [Obsolete Name And Code: See ARSA] (ARLC)
Alternative Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Stratotypes:
none recorded or not applicable
Reference(s):
Powell, J H, Chisholm, JI, Bridge, D M, Rees, J G, Glover, B W and Besly, B M. 2000. Stratigraphical framework for Westphalian to Early Permian red-bed successions of the Pennine Basin. British Geological Survey Technical Report WA/99/10. 
Bridge, D McC, Carney, J N, Lawley, R S and Rushton, A W A. 1998. Geology of the country around Coventry and Nuneaton. Memoir of the British Geological Survey, Sheet 169 (England and Wales). 
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used:
none recorded or not applicable