| Computer Code: |
BKBC |
Preferred Map Code: |
notEntered |
| Status Code: |
Index Level |
| Age range: |
Langsettian Substage (CA)
— Langsettian Substage (CA) |
| Lithological Description: |
The Black Bed Coal is generally a good coal of former high economic importance despite common splits and local washouts. It has been mined extensively throughout the district, down to depths of more than 300m. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
none recorded or not applicable
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| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
none recorded or not applicable
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| Thickness: |
none recorded or not applicable
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| Geographical Limits: |
none recorded or not applicable
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| Parent Unit: |
Pennine Lower Coal Measures Formation (PLCM)
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| Previous Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
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| Alternative Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
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| Stratotypes: |
| none recorded or not applicable |
| Reference(s): |
| none recorded or not applicable |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
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E077
E086
E078
E070
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