The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

Carewoodrig Vent

Computer Code: CARE Preferred Map Code: CARE
Status Code: Full
Age range: Early Mississippian Epoch (CMIE) — Mid Mississippian Epoch (CMIM)
Lithological Description: Pyroclastic breccia or agglomerate in vent, with intrusions of trachyte, phonolite and dolerite.
Definition of Lower Boundary: Intrusive.
Definition of Upper Boundary: Intrusive.
Thickness: Vent, elongate, c.1km x 2km.
Geographical Limits: Hawick area, southern Scotland.
Parent Unit: Kelso Subsuite (KELSO)
Previous Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Alternative Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Stratotypes:
Type Section  Carewoodrighope Burn, c.18km southwest of Hawick. 
Reference(s):
none recorded or not applicable
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used:
S017