Type Group Thickness up to 1600m Primary Mudstone, Sandstone | Underlies Warwickshire Group etc Named for Pennines | |
Unit of Coal Measures Supergroup Other siltstone, coal, seatearth Region northern England, English Midlands, north Wales | ||
The Pennine Coal Measures Group is a lithostratigraphical term referring to the coal-bearing succession of rock strata which occur in the United Kingdom within the Westphalian Stage of the Carboniferous Period. In formal use, the term replaces the Coal Measures Group as applied to the succession of coal-bearing strata within the Pennine Basin which includes all of the coalfields of northern England and the English Midlands. It includes the largely concealed Canonbie Coalfield of southern Scotland and the coalfields of northeast Wales and the minor Anglesey coalfield.
The term 'Productive Coal Measures was formerly used for this succession. The Group comprises the:
The Pennine Coal Measures Group is preceded (underlain) by the Millstone Grit Group which is of Namurian age. It is succeeded (overlain) by the Warwickshire Group which comprises a largely non-productive sequence of red beds.