The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

Sarn Hill Basalt

Computer Code: SAHB Preferred Map Code: notEntered
Status Code: Pending Upgrade
Age range: Llanvirn Series (OE) — Llanvirn Series (OE)
Lithological Description: Spilitic and peperitic basalt, with evidence of load structures ["pillowing"] on an unconsolidated, unstable substrate.
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: 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