The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details
Woodbank Group [Obsolete: use COB]
| Computer Code: | WBK | Preferred Map Code: | notEntered |
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| Status Code: | Full, pending ratification | ||
| Age range: | Emsian Age (DE) — Emsian Age (DE) | ||
| Lithological Description: | [Obsolete: use COB] Dominant green sandstones, subordinate red siltstones and rare conglomerates and dolomitic rocks. In the upper parts comprising fine-grained to very coarse-grained sandstones with subordinate conglomerates. | ||
| Definition of Lower Boundary: | Drawn at the base of the Clee Sandstone Formation where it conformably rests upon the Abdon Limestone Formation. | ||
| Definition of Upper Boundary: | Drawn at the conformable upward passage of the Monleys Fold Sandstone where it is unconformably overlain by basal conglomerate of the Farlow Group. | ||
| Thickness: | 225 metres approx. | ||
| Geographical Limits: | Brown Clee Hill, Shropshire. | ||
| Parent Unit: | none recorded or not applicable | ||
| Previous Name(s): | Woodbank Series [Obsolete Name and Code: Use WBK]
(-3753)
Clee Group [Obsolete Name And Code: See WBK] (CGP) |
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| Alternative Name(s): | none recorded or not applicable | ||
| Stratotypes: | |||
| Type Area | Brown Clee Hill, Shropshire. | ||
| Type Area | Brown Clee Hill, Shropshire. | ||
| Reference(s): | |||
| Greig D C, Wright, J E, Hains, B A and Mitchell, G H. 1968. Geology of the country around Church Stretton, Craven Arms, Wenlock Edge and Brown Clee. Memoir of the Geological Survey, Sheet 166 (England and Wales). (London: H.M.S.O.). 379pp. | |||
| Allen, J R L. 1961. The highest Lower Old Red Sandstone of Brown Clee Hill, Shropshire. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, Vol. 72, 205-219. | |||
| House, M R, Richardson, J B, Chaloner, W G, Allen, J R L, Holland, C H and Westoll, T S. 1977. A Correlation of Devonian rocks of the British Isles. Geological Society of London, Special Report No.8, Scottish Academic Press, Edinburgh. | |||
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: | |||
| none recorded or not applicable | |||