Type Group Other mudstone, siltstone Extent Craven Basin Named for Forest of Bowland | Thickness up to 2340m Region northern England Primary Limestone Underlies Craven Group | |
Unit of Carboniferous Limestone Supergroup | ||
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.
The Bowland High Group is unconformably overlain by the Hodder Mudstone Formation of the Craven Group.
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