Pembroke Limestone Group
Pembroke Limestone Group Stratigraphic range: Lower Carboniferous | |
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![]() Steeply dipping oolitic limestone of the Burrington Oolite Subgroup in Burrington Combe | |
Type | Group |
Unit of | Carboniferous Limestone Supergroup |
Sub-units | , |
Underlies | Marros Group |
Overlies | |
Thickness | Up to 1025 m |
Lithology | |
Primary | Limestone |
Other | Mudstone, sandstone |
Location | |
Region | South Wales, Somerset |
Type section | |
Named for | Pembrokeshire |
The Pembroke Limestone Group is a stratigraphic unit of to Brigantian age (Lower Carboniferous) found in southern Wales and northern Somerset. It forms part of the Carboniferous Limestone Supergroup.[1]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Pembroke Limestone Group". The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units. British Geological Survey. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
Categories:
- Geology of Somerset
- Limestone formations of the United Kingdom
- Carboniferous Wales
- Carboniferous System of Europe
- Somerset geography stubs
- United Kingdom geology stubs