The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details
Moorcock Sandstone
| Computer Code: | MOCS | Preferred Map Code: | MocS |
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| Status Code: | Full | ||
| Age range: | Arnsbergian Substage (CG) — Arnsbergian Substage (CG) | ||
| Lithological Description: | Interbedded flaggy fine-grained sandstones and siltstones. | ||
| Definition of Lower Boundary: | At top of Claughton Moor Siltstone. Boundary drawn where sandstone more than 10% of beds. Boundary gradational through c.1m. | ||
| Definition of Upper Boundary: | Top not exposed on Caton Moor. | ||
| Thickness: | c.18m | ||
| Geographical Limits: | Caton Moor, Lancaster. | ||
| Parent Unit: | Claughton Member (CLAU) | ||
| Previous Name(s): | Moorcock Sandstones Member [Obsolete Name and Code: Use MOCS]
(-2943)
Moorcock Flags [Obsolete Name and Code: Use MOCS] (*252) |
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| Alternative Name(s): | none recorded or not applicable | ||
| Stratotypes: | |||
| Type Area | Series of degraded flagstone quarries on Caton Moor, Lancaster. | ||
| Reference Section | (of basal 10m) Claughton Brickpit. | ||
| Reference(s): | |||
| Slinger, F C, 1936. Millstone Grit and glacial geology of Caton Moor near Lancaster. Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, Blackpool 1936, 345. | |||
| Brandon, A, Aitkenhead, N, Crofts, R G, Ellison, R A, Evans, D J, and Riley, N J. 1998. Geology of the country around Lancaster. Memoir of the British Geological Survey, Sheet 59 (England and Wales). | |||
| Waters, C N, Waters, R A, Barclay, W J, and Davies, J R. 2009. Lithostratigraphical framework for Carboniferous successions of Southern Great Britain (Onshore). British Geological Survey Research Report, RR/09/01. 184pp. | |||
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: | |||
| E059 | |||