The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

Fuller's Earth Formation and Frome Clay Formation (Undifferentiated)

Computer Code: FEFR Preferred Map Code: notEntered
Status Code: Index Level
Age range: Bathonian Age (JN) — Bathonian Age (JN)
Lithological Description: Calcareous mudstone with subsidiary calcilutite and trace mudstone.
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: Great Oolite Group (GOG)
Previous Name(s): Frome Clay and Fuller's Earth (Undifferentiated) [Obsolete Code: Use FEFR] (FCFE)
Frome Clay and Fuller's Earth [Undifferentiated] [Obsolete Name and Code: Use FEFR] (-242)
Alternative Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Stratotypes:
none recorded or not applicable
Reference(s):
none recorded or not applicable
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used:
E251 E281