Computer Code: |
PDM |
Preferred Map Code: |
PM |
Status Code: |
Full |
Age range: |
Arenig Series (OR)
— Arenig Series (OR) |
Lithological Description: |
Dominantly coarse-grained, locally conglomeratic, bioturbated sandstones, with minor mudstone. |
Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Underlain unconformably by interlaminated sandstone and mudstone of the Ceiriad Formation (Mawddach Group). |
Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Overlain gradationally by thickly bedded pale-weathering sandstones of the Trwyn yr Wylfa Member (St Tudwals Formation). |
Thickness: |
15 to 37m |
Geographical Limits: |
Pwllheli area, northwest Wales. |
Parent Unit: |
St Tudwal's Formation (STUD)
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Previous Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
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Alternative Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
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Stratotypes: |
Type Section |
Pared Mawr, in the area near Pwllheli. |
Reference(s): |
Young, T P, Gibbons, W and McCarroll, D. 2002. Geology of the country around Pwllheli. Memoir of the British Geological Survey, Sheet 134 (England and Wales). |
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
E134
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