The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details
Arbigland Limestone Member
| Computer Code: | ARLM | Preferred Map Code: | ARLM |
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| Status Code: | Full | ||
| Age range: | Holkerian Substage (CQ) — Asbian Substage (CR) | ||
| Lithological Description: | Interbedded marine limestone, siltstone and mudstone with thick cross-bedded, bioturbated medium-grained sandstone. | ||
| Definition of Lower Boundary: | none recorded or not applicable | ||
| Definition of Upper Boundary: | The Arbigland Limestone Member is stratigraphically the highest unit in the district. | ||
| Thickness: | > 300m | ||
| Geographical Limits: | none recorded or not applicable | ||
| Parent Unit: | Tyne Limestone Formation (TYLS) | ||
| Previous Name(s): | Arbigland Group [Obsolete Name And Code: Use ARLM]
(ARGP)
Arbigland Beds [Obsolete Name and Code: Use ARLM] (-3803) Arbigland Limestone Formation [Obsolete Name and Code: Use ARLM] (-23) Arbigland Member [Obsolete Name and Code: Use ARLM] (-24) Arbigland Group [Obsolete Name and Code: Use ARLM] (-22) |
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| Alternative Name(s): | none recorded or not applicable | ||
| Stratotypes: | |||
| Type Section | Arbigland to Hogus Point, Arbigland coast, Kirkcudbrightshire. | ||
| Reference(s): | |||
| Dean, M T, Browne, M A E, Waters, C N and Powell, J H. 2011. A lithostratigraphical framework for the Carboniferous successions of northern Great Britain (onshore). British Geological Survey Research Report, RR/10/007. 165pp. | |||
| Deegan, C E. 1970. The petrology and sedimentology of the Lower Carboniferous rocks between White Port and Kirkbean, Kirkcudbrightshire. University of Wales, Aberystwyth PhD Thesis (unpublished). | |||
| Craig, G Y. 1956. The Lower Carboniferous outlier of Kirkbean, Kirkcudbrightshire. Transactions of the Geological Society of Glasgow, Vol. 22, 113 - 132. | |||
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: | |||
| S005 S006 S006 | |||