The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

Bottom Saltwick Coal (Northumberland)

Computer Code: BSWC Preferred Map Code: notEntered
Status Code: Index Level
Age range: Langsettian Substage (CA) — Langsettian Substage (CA)
Lithological Description: Coal.
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: OCCURS LOCALLY IN SOUTH NORTHUMBERLAND (LAWRENCE AND JACKSON,1986 P13).
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. 
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used:
none recorded or not applicable