The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

Pensarn Basaltic Andesite

Computer Code: PNBA Preferred Map Code: notEntered
Status Code: Pending Upgrade
Age range: Onnian Substage (ON) — Onnian Substage (ON)
Lithological Description: Feldspar porphyritic and highly vesicular basaltic andesite.
Definition of Lower Boundary: Intrusive contact coincident with the base of the Nod Glas Formation (qv).
Definition of Upper Boundary: Within the Nod Glas Formation (qv).
Thickness: To 40m
Geographical Limits: none recorded or not applicable
Parent Unit: Not Available (!)
Previous Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Alternative Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Stratotypes:
none recorded or not applicable
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