The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

Scar House Beds

Computer Code: SHF Preferred Map Code: notEntered
Status Code: Index Level
Age range: Arnsbergian Substage (CG) — Arnsbergian Substage (CG)
Lithological Description: none recorded or not applicable
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: Silsden Formation (SILS)
Previous Name(s): Scar House Formation [Obsolete Name and Code: Use SHF] (-1818)
Alternative Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Stratotypes:
none recorded or not applicable
Reference(s):
Wilson, A A. 1960. The Carboniferous rocks of Colsterdale and neighbourhood, Yorkshire. Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society, Vol. 32, p. 429 - 452. 
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used:
none recorded or not applicable