The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

Colwick Member

Computer Code: CLW Preferred Map Code: notEntered
Status Code: Pending Upgrade
Age range: Anisian Age (TA) — Ladinian Age (TD)
Lithological Description: See Warrington et al., 1980; Howard et al., 2008.
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: East Midlands Shelf South.
Parent Unit: Tarporley Siltstone Formation (TPSF)
Previous Name(s): Colwick Formation [Obsolete Name and Code: Use CLW] (-3944)
Alternative Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Stratotypes:
none recorded or not applicable
Reference(s):
Elliott, R E 1961. The stratigraphy of the Keuper Series in southern Notinghamshire. Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society, Vol.33, 197-231. 
Charsley, T J, Rathbone, P A and Lowe, D J, 1990. Nottingham: A geological background for planning and development. British Geological Survey Technical Report WA/90/1. 
Warrington, G, Audley-Charles, M G, Elliott, R E, Evans, W B, Ivimey-Cook, H C, Kent, P E, Robinson, P L, Shotton, F W and Taylor, F M. 1980. A correlation of the Triassic rocks in the British Isles. Special Report of the Geological Society of London, No.13. 
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. 
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used:
none recorded or not applicable