One of the key studies has established a detailed biostratigraphy at Trowbarrow Quarry in Cumbria, UK, which is proposed as a stratotype for the late Asbian substage of the Carboniferous.

Up to 190 new homes could be built on a former quarry near a Leicestershire town. The land, in Ashby Road Central near Shepshed, was previously used to provide clay for a nearby brickworks ...