The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

Kirkham Member

Computer Code: KHAM Preferred Map Code: notEntered
Status Code: Pending Upgrade
Age range: Neogene Period (N) — Neogene Period (N)
Lithological Description: White, pink and yellow siliceous sands and pebbly sands.
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: Confined to scattered dissolution pockets on the Carboniferous Limestone outcrop of the Peak District, from north of Ramshorn [SK 088 463] to south of Monyash [SK 134 635].
Parent Unit: Brassington Formation (BTON)
Previous Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
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