The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

Serpent Brae Coal

Computer Code: SRBC Preferred Map Code: notEntered
Status Code: Index Level
Age range: Not Entered (?) — Not Entered (?)
Lithological Description: Coal.
Definition of Lower Boundary: none recorded or not applicable
Definition of Upper Boundary: none recorded or not applicable
Thickness: c0.5m
Geographical Limits: Known in the area around Megg's Linn (Lewis Burn), Northumberland.
Parent Unit: Scremerston Coal Member (SCG)
Previous Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Alternative Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Stratotypes:
none recorded or not applicable
Reference(s):
Lexique Stratigraphique International. 1971. Volume 1, Europe, Fascicule 3a, England, Wales and Scotland, Part 3a VII, Lower Carboniferous (Dinantian). 
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used:
E007