| Computer Code: |
WMC |
Preferred Map Code: |
WMC |
| Status Code: |
Full |
| Age range: |
Brigantian Substage (CX)
— Brigantian Substage (CX) |
| Lithological Description: |
Coal and shale. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Rest on fireclay. |
| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Overlain by dark shales. |
| Thickness: |
0.8 m. |
| Geographical Limits: |
none recorded or not applicable
|
| Parent Unit: |
Ballyvoy Sandstone Formation (BVYS)
|
| Previous Name(s): |
Coal A [Obsolete Name and Code: Use WMC]
(-3766)
|
| Alternative Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
|
| Stratotypes: |
| none recorded or not applicable |
| Reference(s): |
| Wilson, H E and Robbie, J A. 1966. Geology of the Country around Ballycastle. Memoir of the Geological Survey. [Belfast: HMSO.] |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
| none recorded or not applicable |
