Computer Code: |
KDR |
Preferred Map Code: |
KRF |
Status Code: |
Full |
Age range: |
Stephanian Stage (CS)
— Permian Period (P) |
Lithological Description: |
Brownish to purplish pink rhyolite lava, brecciated in part, with reddish brown conglomero-breccia of the Sandway Cellar Conglomerate Member. |
Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Unconformably overlies steeply dipping Lower Devonian strata. |
Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Faulted out. |
Thickness: |
c.100m |
Geographical Limits: |
Three isolated outcrops within the Rame Peninsula, south-west of Plymouth. |
Parent Unit: |
Not Entered (?)
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Previous Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
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Alternative Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
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Stratotypes: |
Type Section |
Continuous section exposed in raised beach platform from Sandway Cellar to Kingsand Beach. |
Reference(s): |
Leveridge B E, Holder, M T, Goode, A J J, Scrivener R C, Jones N S and Merriman, R J. 2002. Geology of the Plymouth and south-east Cornwall area. Memoir of the British Geological Survey, Sheet 348 (England and Wales). |
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
E348
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