The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details
West Sole Group
| Computer Code: | WSTS | Preferred Map Code: | notEntered |
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| Status Code: | Full | ||
| Age range: | Aalenian Age (JA) — Callovian Age (JC) | ||
| Lithological Description: | The group comprises a sandstone-mudstone dominated succession and is defined by the four formations: Leckenby Formation; Hudleston Formation; Strangways Formation; Wroot Formation. | ||
| Definition of Lower Boundary: | The lower boundary is defined by the base of the Wroot Formation. | ||
| Definition of Upper Boundary: | The upper boundary is defined by the top of the Leckenby Formation. | ||
| Thickness: | Up to c. 300 m, but generally less than 100 m. | ||
| Geographical Limits: | Southern North Sea Basin, quadrants 41-43, 46-48, 51-52. | ||
| Parent Unit: | Not Applicable (-) | ||
| Previous Name(s): | none recorded or not applicable | ||
| Alternative Name(s): | Altena Group Fladen Group Ravenscar Group Redbourne Group [Obsolete: use GOG, INO] |
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| Stratotypes: | |||
| none recorded or not applicable | |||
| Reference(s): | |||
| Lott, G K and Knox, R W O'B. 1994. 7. Post-Triassic of the Southern North Sea. In: Knox, R W O'B and Cordey, W G (eds.) Lithostratigraphic nomenclature of the UK North Sea. British Geological Survey, Nottingham. | |||
| Waters, C N, Smith, K, Hopson, P M, Wilson, D, Bridge, D M, Carney, J N, Cooper, A H, Crofts, R G, Ellison, R A, Mathers, S J, Moorlock, B S P, Scrivener, R C, McMillan, A A, Ambrose, K, Barclay, W J, and Barron, A J M. 2007. Stratigraphical Chart of the United Kingdom: Southern Britain. British Geological Survey, 1 poster. | |||
| Rhys, G H. 1974. A proposed standard lithostratigraphic nomenclature for the southern North Sea and an outline structural nomenclature for the whole of the (UK) North Sea. Report of the Institute of Geological Sciences, 74/8. | |||
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: | |||
| none recorded or not applicable | |||