The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

Basement Beds (North West) [Obsolete: use MASA]

Computer Code: BBNW Preferred Map Code: notEntered
Status Code: Index Level
Age range: Tournaisian Age (CT) — Visean Age (CV)
Lithological Description: [Obsolete: use MASA]
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):
Garwood, E J. 1913. The Lower Carboniferous succession in the north-west of England. Journal of the Geological Society, London, Vol.68 (for 1912), 449-586. 
Rose, W C C, and Dunham, K C. 1977. Geology and hematite deposits of South Cumbria. Economic Memoir of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, Sheet 58, part 48 (England and Wales). 
Mitchell, M, Taylor, B J and Ramsbottom, W H C, 1978. Carboniferous, 168-188 in The geology of the Lake District. Moseley, F (editor). Yorkshire Geological Society Special Publication. No.3. 
Pattison, J. 1990. Geology of the Orton and Sunbiggin Tarn districts. Geological notes and local details for 1:10,000 Sheets NY60NW and NY60NE and part of 1:50,000 Sheets 30 (Appleby), 31 (Brough), 39 (Kendal) and 40 (Kirkby Stephen). British Geological Survey Onshore Geology Series, Technical Report, WA/90/12. 
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used:
E024 E022