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Bowland High Group

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Bowland High Group
Stratigraphic range: Courceyan-Chadian
TypeGroup
Unit ofCarboniferous Limestone Supergroup
UnderliesHodder Mudstone Formation
Thicknessup to 2340m
Lithology
Primarylimestone
Othermudstone, siltstone
Location
Regionnorthern England
ExtentCraven Basin
Type section
Named forForest of Bowland

The Bowland High Group is a lithostratigraphical term referring to the thick succession of limestone rock strata which occur in the Craven Basin of Lancashire and Yorkshire in northern England, United Kingdom from the Courceyan to the Chadian sub-Stage of the Carboniferous Period.[1]

The Bowland High Group is unconformably overlain by the Hodder Mudstone Formation of the Craven Group.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "BGS Lexicon of named rock units". Bowland High Group. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
  2. ^ British Geological Survey 1:625,000 scale geological map Bedrock geology: UK South (5th edn) BGS, Keyworth, Notts

See also

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Geology of Lancashire