| Computer Code: |
HDBB |
Preferred Map Code: |
notEntered |
| Status Code: |
Index Level |
| Age range: |
Langsettian Substage (CA)
— Langsettian Substage (CA) |
| Lithological Description: |
The Hard Bed Band Coal is thin but widespread and has been extensively mined at shallow depth, mainly because of the value of the associated fireclay. It is closely associated with the 36 Yard Coal that overlies it. |
| 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: |
West Yorkshire area. |
| Parent Unit: |
Pennine Lower Coal Measures Formation (PLCM)
|
| Previous Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
|
| Alternative Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
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| 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: |
|
E087
E086
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