Computer Code: |
GWT |
Preferred Map Code: |
notEntered |
Status Code: |
Pending Upgrade |
Age range: |
Costonian Substage (OO)
— Costonian Substage (OO) |
Lithological Description: |
Lapilli-crystal tuff with varying amounts of epiclastic material. |
Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Conformably overlies mudstones of the Llangynog Formation. |
Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Conformably overlain by volcaniclastic mudstones of the Llangynog Formation. |
Thickness: |
5 to 6m |
Geographical Limits: |
No data. |
Parent Unit: |
Llangynog Formation (LGF)
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Previous Name(s): |
Garwallt Ash [Obsolete Name and Code: Use GWT]
(-3450)
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Alternative Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
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Stratotypes: |
none recorded or not applicable |
Reference(s): |
Wedd, C B, Smith, B, King, W B R and Wray, D A. 1929. Geology of the country around Oswestry. Memoir of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, Sheet 137. |
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
E137
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