The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

Greenmoor Rock

Computer Code: GM Preferred Map Code: GM
Status Code: Index Level
Age range: Langsettian Substage (CA) — Langsettian Substage (CA)
Lithological Description: The Greenmoor Rock is a fine-grained thinly bedded, ripple cross-laminated sandstone. Within this district it usually occurs as groups of thin sandstone and siltstone beds interbedded with greenish grey mudstone.
Definition of Lower Boundary: none recorded or not applicable
Definition of Upper Boundary: none recorded or not applicable
Thickness: Between 30 and c.45m
Geographical Limits: Between Barnsley and Sheffield, Yorkshire.
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):
none recorded or not applicable
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used:
E087 E086 E070 E077