The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

Holme Wood Marine Band

Computer Code: HOWMB Preferred Map Code: notEntered
Status Code: Index Level
Age range: Arnsbergian Substage (CG) — Arnsbergian Substage (CG)
Lithological Description: Siltstone with subsidiary nodular ironstone.
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: Stainmore Formation (SMGP)
Previous Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Alternative Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Stratotypes:
none recorded or not applicable
Reference(s):
Owens, B and Burgess, I C. 1965. The stratigraphy and palynology of the Upper Carboniferous outlier of Stainmore, Westmorland. Bulletin of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, N.23, 17-44. 
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used:
none recorded or not applicable