| Computer Code: |
QMB |
Preferred Map Code: |
notEntered |
| Status Code: |
Index Level |
| Age range: |
Duckmantian Substage (CB)
— Duckmantian Substage (CB) |
| Lithological Description: |
Local name for the Vanderbeckei Marine Band (VDMB) in the Canonbie Coalfield area, possibly still to an extent in current use. Shelly mudstone. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
none recorded or not applicable
|
| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
none recorded or not applicable
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| Thickness: |
none recorded or not applicable
|
| Geographical Limits: |
Canonbie Coalfield area. |
| Parent Unit: |
Pennine Middle Coal Measures Formation (PMCM)
|
| Previous Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
|
| Alternative Name(s): |
Vanderbeckei Marine Band
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| Stratotypes: |
| none recorded or not applicable |
| Reference(s): |
| Dean, M T, Browne, M A E, Waters, C N and Powell, J H. 2011. A lithostratigraphical framework for the Carboniferous successions of northern Great Britain (onshore). British Geological Survey Research Report, RR/10/007. 165pp. |
| Ramsbottom, W H C, Calver, M A, Eagar, R M C, Hodson, F, Holliday, D W, Stubblefield, C J and Wilson, R B. 1978. A correlation of the Silesian rocks in the British Isles. Geological Society of London, Special Report No.10. |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
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S015
S011
S014
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