| Computer Code: |
KIS |
Preferred Map Code: |
KIS |
| Status Code: |
Index Level |
| Age range: |
Triassic Period (T)
— Triassic Period (T) |
| Lithological Description: |
[Obsolete: use HEY] Fine- to medium-grained red, locally white, strongly cross-bedded sandstone with abundent millet-seed grains. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Conformable base on St Bees Sandstone. |
| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Conformably overlain by Stanwix Shales Formation. |
| Thickness: |
Up to about 90m |
| Geographical Limits: |
BGS sheets 11, 16, 18, 22 and 23 |
| Parent Unit: |
none recorded or not applicable
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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: |
| Reference Section |
Small exposures in cliffs at Rockcliffe. |
| Type Area |
Small outcrops in river banks north of Longtown. |
| Reference(s): |
| Howard, A S, Warrington, G, Ambrose, K, and Rees, J G. 2008. A formational framework for the Mercia Mudstone Group (Triassic) of England and Wales. British Geological Survey Research Report, RR/08/04. |
| Eastwood, T, Hollingworth, S E, Rose, W C C, and Trotter, F M. 1968. Geology of the country around Cockermouth and Caldbeck. Memoir of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, England and Wales, Sheet 23. |
| Holmes, 1899. The geology of the country around Carlisle. Memoir of the Geological Survey. |
| Dixon, E E L, Maden J, Trotter, F M, Hollingworth, M A and Tonks, L H. 1926. The geology of the Carlisle, Longtown and Silloth District. Memoir of the Geological Survey of England and Wales. |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
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E023
E022
E018
E011
E017
S006
E012
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