The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

Vanderbeckei Marine Band

Computer Code: VDMB Preferred Map Code: notEntered
Status Code: Index Level
Age range: Duckmantian Substage (CB) — Duckmantian Substage (CB)
Lithological Description: Shelly mudstone.
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: Pennine Middle Coal Measures Formation (PMCM)
Previous Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Alternative Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Stratotypes:
none recorded or not applicable
Reference(s):
Dean, M T, Browne, M A E, Waters, C N and Powell, J H. 2011. A lithostratigraphical framework for the Carboniferous successions of northern Great Britain (onshore). British Geological Survey Research Report, RR/10/007. 165pp. 
Ramsbottom, W H C, Calver, M A, Eagar, R M C, Hodson, F, Holliday, D W, Stubblefield, C J and Wilson, R B. 1978. A correlation of the Silesian rocks in the British Isles. Geological Society of London, Special Report No.10. 
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used:
E262 E232 E246 E247 E022 E154 E086 E021 E010 E014 E020 E018 E032 E026 E023 E015 E027 E127 S031 S031 S011 E078 E070 E077 S014 E142 E028 S015 S032 E167 S030 E274 E264 E096