The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

Lower Thick Coal (South Staffordshire)

Computer Code: LTHC Preferred Map Code: notEntered
Status Code: Index Level
Age range: Duckmantian Substage (CB) — Duckmantian Substage (CB)
Lithological Description: Coal.
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: none recorded or not applicable
Parent Unit: Pennine Middle Coal Measures Formation (PMCM)
Previous Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Alternative Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Stratotypes:
none recorded or not applicable
Reference(s):
Waters, C N, Bridge, D M, Humpage, A J, Barclay, W J, and Smith, N J P. 2013. Geology of the Dudley district - a brief explanation of the geological map. Sheet Explanation of the British Geological Survey. 1:50 000 Sheet 167 Dudley (England and Wales). 
Hains, B A and Horton, A.1969. British Regional Geology: Central England. 3rd edition. (London: HMSO). 
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used:
E167