The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

Oxbow Coal (West Yorkshire)

Computer Code: OXBC Preferred Map Code: notEntered
Status Code: Index Level
Age range: Langsettian Substage (CA) — Langsettian Substage (CA)
Lithological Description: Coal.
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: Pennine Lower Coal Measures Formation (PLCM)
Previous Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Alternative Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Stratotypes:
none recorded or not applicable
Reference(s):
Tragheim, D G. 1991. Geology of the Swillington area. British Geological Survey Technical Report, WA/91/46. 
Godwin, C G and Calver, M A. 1974. A review of the Coal Measures (Westphalian) of Leeds. Journal of Earth Sciences of the Leeds Geological Association, Vol.8, 409-432. 
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used:
none recorded or not applicable