| Computer Code: |
STRI |
Preferred Map Code: |
notEntered |
| Status Code: |
Pending Upgrade |
| Age range: |
Ediacaran Period (AD)
— Ediacaran Period (AD) |
| Lithological Description: |
Pale greenish grey, purple and brown, fine- to medium- grained, massive, micaceous sandstones, with beds of conglomerate containing clasts of vein quartz, rhyolite and mica schist. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Unknown; contacts are generally faulted. |
| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Unknown - unconformably overlain by Dolyhir Limestone (Wenlock). |
| Thickness: |
Unknown. |
| Geographical Limits: |
Welsh Borderlands. Old Radnor, Radnorshire. |
| Parent Unit: |
Wentnor Group (YW)
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| Previous Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
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| Alternative Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
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| Stratotypes: |
| Partial Type Section |
Northern part of Gore Quarry. Woodcock, N H and Pauley, J C. 1989. |
| Partial Type Section |
Southwest corner of Dolyhir Quarry. Woodcock, N H and Pauley, J C. 1989. |
| Reference(s): |
| Garwood, E J and Goodyear, E. 1919. On the geology of the Old Radnor district with special reference to an algal development in the Woodhope Limestone. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society, London, Vol.74, 1-30. |
| Woodcock, N H. 1988. Strike-slip faulting along the Church Stretton Lineament, Old Radnor Inlier, Wales. Journal of the Geological Society, London, Vol.145, 925-933. |
| Woodcock, N H and Pauley, J C. 1989. The Longmyndian rocks of the Old Radnor Inlier, Welsh Borderland. Geological Journal, Vol.24, 113-120. |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
| none recorded or not applicable |
