The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

Main Limestone [Obsolete: use EML, GL, GML, ORTL]

Computer Code: ML Preferred Map Code: ML
Status Code: Index Level
Age range: Pendleian Substage (CE) — Pendleian Substage (CE)
Lithological Description: [Obsolete: use EML, GL, GML, ORTL] Limestone.
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: none recorded or not applicable
Previous Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Alternative Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Stratotypes:
none recorded or not applicable
Reference(s):
Dunham, K C, and Wilson, A A. 1985. Geology of the Northern Pennine Orefield. Volume 2 Stainmore to Craven. Economic Memoir of the British Geological Survey, Sheets 40, 41 and 50, and parts of Sheets 31, 32, 51, 60 and 61(England and Wales). 
Cossey, P J, Adams, A E, Purnell, M A, Whiteley, M J, Whyte, M A and Wright, V P. 2004. British Lower Carboniferous stratigraphy. Geological Conservation Review Series No.29. Joint Nature Conservation Committee, Peterborough. 
Tonks, L H, Jones, R C B, Lloyd, W and Sherlock, R L, 1931. The geology of Manchester and the south-east Lancashire Coalfield. Memoir of the Geological Survey of England and Wales. 
George, T N, 1956. Carboniferous Main Limestone of the East Crop in South Wales. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society, Vol.III, p.311. 
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used:
E050 E041 E051 E060 E040 E049