The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

Carsphairn Conglomerate Member

Computer Code: CAPH Preferred Map Code: CAPH
Status Code: Full
Age range: Caradoc Series (O4) — Caradoc Series (O4)
Lithological Description: Conglomerate: channel fill unit within turbidite succession.
Definition of Lower Boundary: Lens within Kirkcolm Formation.
Definition of Upper Boundary: Lens within Kirkcolm Formation.
Thickness: 40-450m
Geographical Limits: Carsphairn area, southern Scotland.
Parent Unit: Kirkcolm Formation (KKF)
Previous Name(s): Carsphairn Rudite Formation [Obsolete Name and Code: Use CAPH] (-3900)
Alternative Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Stratotypes:
Type Section  Craighit, Carsphairn 
Reference Section  Craig of Knockgray, Carsphairn 
Reference(s):
Holroyd, J, 1978. The sedimentological and geotectonic significance of Lower Palaeozoic flysch rudites. University of Wales PhD Thesis (unpublished). 
Floyd, J D, 1996. Lithostratigraphy of the Ordovician rocks in the Southern Uplands: Crawford Group, Moffat Shale Group, Leadhills Supergroup. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences, Vol.86, 153-165. 
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used:
S008