The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details
Moorhowe Formation
Computer Code: | MHO | Preferred Map Code: | MHo |
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Status Code: | Full | ||
Age range: | Gorstian Age (SG) — Gorstian Age (SG) | ||
Lithological Description: | Interbedded siltstone and laminated hemipelagite. | ||
Definition of Lower Boundary: | Conformably overlies the Poolscar Formation. | ||
Definition of Upper Boundary: | Conformably overlain by the Yewbank Formation. | ||
Thickness: | 90-140m | ||
Geographical Limits: | Southern Lake District and northwest Pennines. | ||
Parent Unit: | Coniston Group (CTG) | ||
Previous Name(s): | Moorhowe Member [Obsolete Name and Code: Use MHO]
(-1065)
Longsleddale Siltstones [Obsolete Name and Code: Use MHO] (-4795) |
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Alternative Name(s): | none recorded or not applicable | ||
Stratotypes: | |||
Type Area | Northern slopes of Moorhowe between Troutbeck Bridge and Borrans Reservoir. | ||
Reference(s): | |||
Lawrence, D J D, Webb, B C, Young, B and White, D E. 1986. The geology of the Late Ordovician and Silurian rocks (Windermere Group) in the area around Kentmere and Crook. Includes map, 1:25,000 series, Parts of Sheets NY40 and SD49 Kentmere and Crook, Solid and Drift Geology. Report of the British Geological Survey, 18/5. | |||
Marr J E. 1892. On the Wenlock and Ludlow strata of the Lake District. Geological Magazine, Vol. 9, p 534-541. | |||
Kneller, B C. 1990. The Wenlock rocks of sheet 38 (Ambleside). British Geological Survey Technical Report, WA/90/64 | |||
Moseley F. 1984. Lower Palaeozoic lithostratigraphical classification in the English Lake District. Geological Journal, Vol. 19, p. 239-247. | |||
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: | |||
E038 E039 E048 |