Framework Reports and supporting materials
In addition to the Lexicon , the British Geological Survey (BGS) in conjunction with the Stratigraphy Commission has produced stratigraphic charts documenting formation/group names, ages and generalized lithofacies for all the onshore UK (southern Britain, Northern Britain).
Framework reports from BGS
These result from co-operation between the BGS Stratigraphy Committee and the Geological Society Stratigraphy Commission, with the aim of reviewing the stratigraphical classification for all parts of Great Britain for which modern information is available. The following reports are available for free from the BGS web site.
Other materials relating to naming nomenclature
Geological Conservation Review Series
This series of books coordinated by the Joint Nature Conservation Committee were designed to identify and describe those sites of national and international importance needed to show all the key scientific elements of the Earth heritage in Britain. The sites selected – geological conservation review (GCR) sites - form the basis of statutory geological and geomorphological site conservation in Britain. The Geological Conservation Review Series of books provides a detailed public record of the features of interest and importance at localities already notified, or being considered for notification, as `Sites of Special Scientific Interest' (SSSIs).
Framework reports from BGS
These result from co-operation between the BGS Stratigraphy Committee and the Geological Society Stratigraphy Commission, with the aim of reviewing the stratigraphical classification for all parts of Great Britain for which modern information is available. The following reports are available for free from the BGS web site.
- Quaternary and Neogene deposits of Great Britain
- Chalk of England and Scotland plus statements on Northern Ireland and Offshore UK.
- Lower Cretaceous of England
- Lower Jurassic of England and Wales
- Mercia Mudstone Group (Triassic) of England and Wales
- Sherwood Sandstone (Triassic)
- Westphalian to Early Permian red beds of the Pennine Basin
- Lithostratigraphical framework for Carboniferous successions of Great Britain (Onshore)
- Carboniferous of northern Britian
- Carboniferous of southern Britian
- Carboniferous of the Midland Valley of Scotland.
- Devonian (Old Red Sandstone) rocks of Scotland
- Lake District volcanic and intrusive rocks
- Ordovician of Snowdonia and the Lleyn Peninsula
Other materials relating to naming nomenclature
- Stratigraphic nomenclature of the UK north west margin.
- Lithostratigraphic nomenclature of the UK North Sea (Permo-Triassic and post Triassic here).
Geological Conservation Review Series
This series of books coordinated by the Joint Nature Conservation Committee were designed to identify and describe those sites of national and international importance needed to show all the key scientific elements of the Earth heritage in Britain. The sites selected – geological conservation review (GCR) sites - form the basis of statutory geological and geomorphological site conservation in Britain. The Geological Conservation Review Series of books provides a detailed public record of the features of interest and importance at localities already notified, or being considered for notification, as `Sites of Special Scientific Interest' (SSSIs).