| Computer Code: |
LPE |
Preferred Map Code: |
notEntered |
| Status Code: |
Index Level |
| Age range: |
Langsettian Substage (CA)
— Langsettian Substage (CA) |
| Lithological Description: |
Regionally the Lepton Edge Rock (also referred to as the Gomersal Rock) is a fine-grained, cross-bedded flaggy sandstone that forms prominent features. On the Huddersfield Sheet (see Addison et al. 2005 p16-17) the Lepton Edge Rock is fine- to very fine-grained, thinly bedded to flaggy sandstone. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
none recorded or not applicable
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| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
none recorded or not applicable
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| Thickness: |
Ranges from 2 to 11m in the Huddersfield Sheet area, with the thickest development at Gomersal (which provides the unit's alternative name). |
| Geographical Limits: |
none recorded or not applicable
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| Parent Unit: |
Pennine Lower Coal Measures Formation (PLCM)
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| Previous Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
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| Alternative Name(s): |
Gomersal Rock
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| Stratotypes: |
| none recorded or not applicable |
| Reference(s): |
| Addison, R, Waters, C N, and Chisholm, J I. 2005. Geology of the Huddersfield district - a brief explanation of the geological map Sheet 77 Huddersfield. Sheet Explanation of the British Geological Survey. 1:50 000 Sheet 77 Huddersfield (England and Wales). |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
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E077
E086
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