The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

Cefnnantmel Member

Computer Code: CNT Preferred Map Code: Cnt
Status Code: Full
Age range: Cautleyan Stage (OU) — Cautleyan Stage (OU)
Lithological Description: Cross-laminated thin sandstones with subordinate mudstones. Rich shelly fauna.
Definition of Lower Boundary: Taken at sharp incoming of sandstone dominated sequence above burrow mottled mudstones with sparse thin sandstones.
Definition of Upper Boundary: Gradational but taken at incoming of mudstone dominated sequence of burrow mottled mudstones with sparse thin sandstones.
Thickness: Not defined.
Geographical Limits: Central Wales.
Parent Unit: Nantmel Mudstones Formation (NTM)
Previous Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Alternative Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Stratotypes:
Type Section  Line of crags on prominent bluff, known as Cefnnantmel, immediately north-west of Nantmel Village. 
Reference(s):
none recorded or not applicable
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used:
E179