| Computer Code: |
LOD |
Preferred Map Code: |
LOD |
| Status Code: |
Full |
| Age range: |
Early Triassic Epoch (TE)
— Early Triassic Epoch (TE) |
| Lithological Description: |
Pebbly sandstones and conglomerates. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Drawn where conglomerates become common in a sandstone sequence. |
| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Where conglomerates cease to be common in the sandstone sequence. |
| Thickness: |
Up to 32m |
| Geographical Limits: |
Area south-east of Cheadle, Staffordshire. |
| Parent Unit: |
Chester Formation (CHES)
|
| 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 |
Intake Plantation Quarry. 15m section visible. |
| Type Area |
Lodgedale Farm/Winnothdale/Greatgate. |
| Reference(s): |
| Barrow, G. 1903. The Geology of Cheadle Coalfield. Memoir of the Geological Survey of Great Britain. |
| Charsley, T J, 1982. A standard nomenclature for the Trassic formations of the Ashbourne district. Report of the Institute of Geological Sciences, No. 81/14. |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
|
E124
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