The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

Weaver Beds [Obsolete: use MI]

Computer Code: WVR Preferred Map Code: notEntered
Status Code: Index Level
Age range: Chadian Substage (CI) — Arundian Substage (CJ)
Lithological Description: [Obsolete: use MI]
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: none recorded or not applicable
Previous Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Alternative Name(s): Milldale Limestone Formation
Stratotypes:
none recorded or not applicable
Reference(s):
Aitkenhead, N, and Chisholm, J I. 1982. A standard nomenclature for the Dinantian formations of the Peak District of Derbshire and Staffordshire. Report of the Institute of Geological Sciences, No. 82/8. 
Ludford, A, 1951. Stratigraphy of the Carboniferous rocks of the Weaver Hills district, North Staffordshire. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society, London, Vol.106, 211-230. 
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used:
none recorded or not applicable