The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

Bealbury Formation

Computer Code: BEAY Preferred Map Code: notEntered
Status Code: Full
Age range: Famennian Age (DA) — Famennian Age (DA)
Lithological Description: Green and blue green shale and siltstone, with purple slate.
Definition of Lower Boundary: Faulted.
Definition of Upper Boundary: Faulted.
Thickness: Not known.
Geographical Limits: East Cornwall.
Parent Unit: Not Applicable (-)
Previous Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Alternative Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Stratotypes:
Type Area  Exposures on and about Viverdon Down. 
Reference(s):
British Geological Survey. 1993. Tavistock. England and Wales Sheet 337. Solid and Drift 1:50 000 Provisional Series (Keyworth, Nottingham: British Geological Survey.) 
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used:
none recorded or not applicable