The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

Kays Lea Marine Band [Local Name: see LSMB]

Computer Code: KLMB Preferred Map Code: notEntered
Status Code: Index Level
Age range: Langsettian Substage (CA) — Langsettian Substage (CA)
Lithological Description: Local name for the Listeri Marine Band (LSMB) in Northumberland and Durham, possibly still to an extent in current use. Shelly mudstone.
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: Northumberland and Durham.
Parent Unit: Pennine Lower Coal Measures Formation (PLCM)
Previous Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Alternative Name(s): Listeri Marine Band
Stratotypes:
none recorded or not applicable
Reference(s):
Mills, D A C and Hull, J H. 1968. The Geological Survey Borehole at Woodland, Co. Durham (1962). Bulletin of the Geological Survey of Great Britain., No. 28, 4. 
Dean, M T, Browne, M A E, Waters, C N and Powell, J H. 2011. A lithostratigraphical framework for the Carboniferous successions of northern Great Britain (onshore). British Geological Survey Research Report, RR/10/007. 165pp. 
Mills, D A C. and Hull, J H. 1976. Geology of the country around Barnard Castle. Memoir of the Geological Survey of Great Britain. HMSO. 385pp. 
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used:
E026