The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

Rhoscolyn Formation

Computer Code: NSR Preferred Map Code: notEntered
Status Code: Full
Age range: Furongian Epoch (EF) — Tremadocian Age (OTR)
Lithological Description: Grey to white turbiditic metasandstone and interbedded blue-grey silty metamudstone. Locally units of quartzite.
Definition of Lower Boundary: Conformable contact with Holyhead Formation (HHD).
Definition of Upper Boundary: Conformable contact with New Harbour Formation (NNH).
Thickness: none recorded or not applicable
Geographical Limits: Anglesey.
Parent Unit: Holy Island Group (NHI)
Previous Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Alternative Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Stratotypes:
none recorded or not applicable
Reference(s):
Treagus, J E, Treagus, S H, and Woodcock, N H. 2013. The significance of the boundary between the Rhoscolyn and New Harbour formations on Holy Island, North Wales, to the deformation history of Anglesey. Geological Magazine, 150(3), 519-535. 
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used:
none recorded or not applicable