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