The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

Gull Rock Shale

Computer Code: GLRS Preferred Map Code: notEntered
Status Code: Index Level
Age range: Langsettian Substage (CA) — Langsettian Substage (CA)
Lithological Description: Black to dark grey, commonly sulphurous shaly mdstones with bands of nodules yielding Gastrioceras listeri, G coronatum and G circumnodosum, as well as fish remains.
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: Crackington Formation (CKF)
Previous Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Alternative Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
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:
none recorded or not applicable