The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

Milton Abbot Formation

Computer Code: MIAB Preferred Map Code: notEntered
Status Code: Full
Age range: Visean Age (CV) — Visean Age (CV)
Lithological Description: Mafic volcanic rocks, subordinate slate, and olistostrome.
Definition of Lower Boundary: Thrust fault.
Definition of Upper Boundary: Thrust fault.
Thickness: Not known.
Geographical Limits: West Devon.
Parent Unit: Not Applicable (-)
Previous Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Alternative Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Stratotypes:
Type Area  Outcrops between Launceston and Tavistock but confined to Devon. 
Reference(s):
British Geological Survey. 1993. Tavistock. England and Wales Sheet 337. Solid and Drift 1:50 000 Provisional Series (Keyworth, Nottingham: British Geological Survey.) 
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used:
none recorded or not applicable