The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

Middle Oxford Clay Member [Obsolete: use SBY]

Computer Code: MOXC Preferred Map Code: notEntered
Status Code: Index Level
Age range: Callovian Age (JC) — Callovian Age (JC)
Lithological Description: [Obsolete: use SBY] Pale grey, green-grey calcareous mudstones with silty mudstones and calcareous siltstones. See definition of Stewartby Member (SBY).
Definition of Lower Boundary: As for Stewartby Member (SBY).
Definition of Upper Boundary: As for Stewartby Member (SBY).
Thickness: 0 to c.50m
Geographical Limits: Dorset to Humberside.
Parent Unit: none recorded or not applicable
Previous Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Alternative Name(s): Stewartby Member
Stratotypes:
none recorded or not applicable
Reference(s):
Cox, B M, Hudson, J D, and Martill, D M. 1992. Lithostratigraphic nomenclature of the Oxford Clay (Jurassic). Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, Vol.103, p.343-345. 
Gallois, R W, 1994. The geology of the country around King's Lynn and The Wash. Memoir of the British Geological Survey, Sheet 145 and part of 129 (England and Wales). 
Horton, A, Sumbler, M G, Cox, B M and Ambrose, K, 1995. Geology of the country around Thame. Memoir of the British Geological Survey, Sheet 237 (England and Wales). 
Horton, A. 1989. Geology of the Peterborough district. Memoir of the British Geological Survey, Sheet 158 (England & Wales). 
Arkell, W J. 1947. The Geology of Oxford. 267pp. (Oxford: Clarendon Press.) 
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used:
E144 E237