The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

Holywell Nodular Chalk Formation and New Pit Chalk Formation (undifferentiated)

Computer Code: HNCK Preferred Map Code: notEntered
Status Code: Index Level
Age range: Cenomanian Age (KE) — Turonian Age (KT)
Lithological Description: none recorded or not applicable
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: White Chalk Subgroup (WHCK)
Previous Name(s): New Pit Chalk Formation And Holywell Nodular Chalk Formation (Undifferentiated) [Obsolete Code: Use HNCK] (NHCK)
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