The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

Thick Stone

Computer Code: TKS Preferred Map Code: notEntered
Status Code: Index Level
Age range: Langsettian Substage (CA) — Langsettian Substage (CA)
Lithological Description: The Thick Stone is generally a fine-grained sandstone, split in places into two leaves. It lies between the Black Bed Coal and the Better Bed Band Coal but in some sections coalesces with a sandstone above the Better Bed, cutting out the Better Bed Band.
Definition of Lower Boundary: none recorded or not applicable
Definition of Upper Boundary: none recorded or not applicable
Thickness: To c.15m
Geographical Limits: West Yorkshire area.
Parent Unit: Pennine Lower Coal Measures Formation (PLCM)
Previous Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Alternative Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Stratotypes:
none recorded or not applicable
Reference(s):
none recorded or not applicable
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used:
E077 E078