Computer Code: |
SCC |
Preferred Map Code: |
SCC |
Status Code: |
Pending Upgrade |
Age range: |
Caradoc Series (O4)
— Caradoc Series (O4) |
Lithological Description: |
Black, locally laminated, pyritic mudstones with scattered thin bentonites and sandstones. Packets of thin- to thick-bedded sandstones with subordinate mudstones locally developed. |
Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Base not seen. |
Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Gradational but taken at incoming of sequence dominated by burrow mottled mudstones. |
Thickness: |
Not defined. |
Geographical Limits: |
Central Wales. |
Parent Unit: |
Not Applicable (-)
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Previous Name(s): |
Carmel Group
(-516)
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Alternative Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
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Stratotypes: |
Type Section |
Numerous sections in and around Maesygelli Farmyard, Nantmel, Wales. |
Reference(s): |
none recorded or not applicable |
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
E179
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