The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

St John's Rhyolite Formation

Computer Code: BJR Preferred Map Code: notEntered
Status Code: Pending Upgrade
Age range: Neoproterozoic Era (AZ) — Neoproterozoic Era (AZ)
Lithological Description: Ignimbritic rhyolite flows.
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: Within the outcrop of the Jersey Volcanic Group in northern Jersey.
Parent Unit: Jersey Volcanic Group (JYVO)
Previous Name(s): St John's Rhyolite Formation [Obsolete Code: Use BJR] (TRH)
Alternative Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Stratotypes:
none recorded or not applicable
Reference(s):
Power, G M and Gibbons, W. 1993. Precambrian rocks in the Channel Islands. 98-104 in Gibbons, W and Harris, A L (editors), A revised correlation of Precambrian rocks in the British Isles. Geological Society, London, Special Report No.22. 
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used:
none recorded or not applicable