The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

Well Hill Marine Band

Computer Code: WHMB Preferred Map Code: notEntered
Status Code: Index Level
Age range: Langsettian Substage (CA) — Langsettian Substage (CA)
Lithological Description: A Langsettian marine band.
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: Locally present in South Northumberland (Lawrence and Jackson, 1986, p. 14; Land, 1974, p. 21).
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):
Lawrence, D J D, and Jackson, I. 1986. Geology of the Ponteland-Morpeth district. Research Report of the British Geological Survey. 
Land, D H. 1974. Geology of the Tynemouth District (Explanation of one-inch Geological Sheet 15, New Series). Memoir of the British Geological Survey Sheet 20 (England and Wales). 
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used:
none recorded or not applicable