The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

Bottom Plessey Coal (Northumberland)

Computer Code: BPLY Preferred Map Code: BPly
Status Code: Index Level
Age range: Duckmantian Substage (CB) — Duckmantian Substage (CB)
Lithological Description: Coal.
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: Pennine Middle Coal Measures Formation (PMCM)
Previous Name(s): Cheevely (-78)
Alternative Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Stratotypes:
none recorded or not applicable
Reference(s):
Land, D H. 1974. Geology of the Tynemouth District (Explanation of one-inch Geological Sheet 15, New Series). Memoir of the British Geological Survey Sheet 20 (England and Wales). 
Young, B, and Lawrence, D J D. 1998. The Morpeth Group of 1:50 000 scale Sheet 14 (Morpeth): lithostratigraphy and local details. British Geological Survey Technical Report, WA/98/10. 
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used:
E010 E014 E009