The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

Lower Weald Clay

Computer Code: LWY Preferred Map Code: notEntered
Status Code: Index Level
Age range: Hauterivian Age (KH) — Hauterivian Age (KH)
Lithological Description: none recorded or not applicable
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: Weald Clay Formation (WC)
Previous Name(s): Lower Weald Clay Member [Obsolete Name and Code: Use LWY] (-383)
Alternative Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Stratotypes:
none recorded or not applicable
Reference(s):
Bristow, C R, and Bazley, R A. 1972. Geology of the country around Royal Tunbridge Wells. Memoir of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, sheet 303 (England and Wales). 
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used:
none recorded or not applicable