Computer Code: |
KNC |
Preferred Map Code: |
KnG |
Status Code: |
Index Level |
Age range: |
Kinderscoutian Substage (CK)
— Kinderscoutian Substage (CK) |
Lithological Description: |
A thickly bedded, trough cross-bedded, coarse-grained, feldspathic sandstone; medium-grained in upper 5m with ganister top. |
Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Sharp upward change in a conformable succession from predominantly grey mudstone to sandstone - base of first sandstone bed above the Reticuloceras dubium Marine Band. |
Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Sharp upward change in a conformable succession from sandstone to predominantly mudstone - top of last sandstone bed below the Reticuloceras stubblefieldei Marine Band. |
Thickness: |
0 to 40m |
Geographical Limits: |
Pennine foothills between Settle [SD8100 6400] and High Bentham [SD6700 6930]. |
Parent Unit: |
Hebden Formation (HEBD)
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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 |
Knott Coppy Borehole, (SD76SE/16) between 16.5 and 20.5m. Arthurton, et al. 1988. |
Reference Section |
Black Bank Skye, 1km south of Eldroth, North Yorkshire; base seen. Arthurton, et al. 1988. |
Reference(s): |
Arthurton, R S, Johnson, E W, and Mundy, D J C. 1988. Geology of the country around Settle. Memoir of the British Geological Survey, Sheet 60 (England and Wales). |
Brandon, A, Aitkenhead, N, Crofts, R G, Ellison, R A, Evans, D J, and Riley, N J. 1998. Geology of the country around Lancaster. Memoir of the British Geological Survey, Sheet 59 (England and Wales). |
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
E059
E060
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