The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

Butcombe Sandstone Member [Obsolete: use AS]

Computer Code: BUS Preferred Map Code: notEntered
Status Code: Index Level
Age range: Carnian Age (TC) — Carnian Age (TC)
Lithological Description: [Obsolete: use AS]
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): Stoke Park Rock Bed
Stratotypes:
none recorded or not applicable
Reference(s):
Howard, A S, Warrington, G, Ambrose, K, and Rees, J G. 2008. A formational framework for the Mercia Mudstone Group (Triassic) of England and Wales. British Geological Survey Research Report, RR/08/04. 
Green, G W and Welch F B A, 1965. The geology of the country around Wells and Chedder. Memoir of the Geological Survey of England and Wales, Sheet 280. 
Kellaway, G A and Welch, F B A. 1993. Geology of the Bristol district. Memoir of the British Geological Survey Special Sheet [England and Wales]. 
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used:
E280