Computer Code: |
CYT |
Preferred Map Code: |
notEntered |
Status Code: |
Index Level |
Age range: |
Caradoc Series (O4)
— Caradoc Series (O4) |
Lithological Description: |
[Obsolete: use WNY] Thin to thick-bedded andesitic tuffs. |
Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Base defined by incoming of bedded tuffs. |
Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Top defined by overlying formation (rhyodacitic lapilli tuffs). |
Thickness: |
200 metres, thins and wedges out to west-south-west. (West of Holehouse Gill). |
Geographical Limits: |
Not defined. |
Parent Unit: |
none recorded or not applicable
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Previous Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
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Alternative Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
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Stratotypes: |
Type Area |
Unnamed locality as SD 195 962, 1200m northnortheast of Crosbythwaite Farm. Sheet 38 (Ambleside), Ordnance Survey Sheet 96, (South Lakeland). |
Reference(s): |
none recorded or not applicable |
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
none recorded or not applicable |