The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details
Buttershaw Limestone
| Computer Code: | BSHWL | Preferred Map Code: | notEntered |
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| Status Code: | Index Level | ||
| Age range: | Chadian Substage (CI) — Arundian Substage (CJ) | ||
| Lithological Description: | Limestone. | ||
| 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: | Found only in the area of the Broughton Anticline. Probablt equivalent to the Embsay Limestone of the Skipton and Lothersdale anticlines, and to the Rain Gill Limestone of the Slaidburn-Ashnott-Middop-Whitewell anticlines farther west. | ||
| Parent Unit: | Hodder Mudstone Formation (HOM) | ||
| Previous Name(s): | none recorded or not applicable | ||
| Alternative Name(s): | Embsay Limestone Member Rain Gill Limestone Member |
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| Stratotypes: | |||
| none recorded or not applicable | |||
| Reference(s): | |||
| Hudson, R G S. 1944. The Carboniferous of the Broughton Anticline, Yorkshire. Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society, Vol.25, 190-214. | |||
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: | |||
| none recorded or not applicable | |||