The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details
Kenilworth Breccia Group [Obsolete: use KHS]
| Computer Code: | KBR | Preferred Map Code: | notEntered |
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| Status Code: | Index Level | ||
| Age range: | Permian Period (P) — Permian Period (P) | ||
| Lithological Description: | [Obsolete: use KHS] A breccia band just over a metre thick with roughly equal proportions of Precambrian, Llandovery, and Lower Carboniferous pebbles. In the upper part comprising red pebbly sandstone with coarse breccia. | ||
| Definition of Lower Boundary: | Drawn at the base of the Lower Kenilworth Breccia Formation where it rests conformably upon the Gibbet Hill Group. | ||
| Definition of Upper Boundary: | Drawn at the conformable upward passage from the Upper Kenilworth Breccia Formation to the sandstones and marls of the Ashow Formation. | ||
| Thickness: | 60m. | ||
| Geographical Limits: | Kenilworth, Warwickshire. | ||
| Parent Unit: | none recorded or not applicable | ||
| Previous Name(s): | Breccia of Kenilworth, Upper [Obsolete Name and Code: Use KBR]
(-2871)
Breccia of Kenilworth, Lower [Obsolete Name and Code: Use KBR] (-1619) |
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| Alternative Name(s): | none recorded or not applicable | ||
| Stratotypes: | |||
| Type Area | Kenilworth, Warwickshire. | ||
| Reference(s): | |||
| Shotton, F W, 1929. The geology of the country around Kenilworth (Warwickshire). Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London, Vol.28, 167 - 222. | |||
| Smith, D B, Brunstrom, R G W, Manning, D I, Simpson, S and Shotton, F W. 1974. A correlation of Permian rocks in the British Isles. Geological Society of London Special Report No. 5. | |||
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: | |||
| none recorded or not applicable | |||