The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details
Campsie Limestone Member
| Computer Code: | CMPL | Preferred Map Code: | CMPL |
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| Status Code: | Full | ||
| Age range: | Early Devonian Epoch (DL) — Early Devonian Epoch (DL) | ||
| Lithological Description: | Predominantly sandstones with concretionary limestone beds and lenses, subsidiary conglomerate and mudstone with minor pebbly sandstone. | ||
| Definition of Lower Boundary: | The base of the clastic, generally conglomeratic beds, with limestone concretions, above the cross-bedded sandstones within the Scone Sandstone Formation. | ||
| Definition of Upper Boundary: | The base of the purple-brown mudstones belonging to the Cromlix Mudstone Formation | ||
| Thickness: | Up to 57 m thick in the type section. | ||
| Geographical Limits: | The Strathmore Syncline, in the northern part of the Midland Valley of Scotland. | ||
| Parent Unit: | Scone Sandstone Formation (SCN) | ||
| Previous Name(s): | Pittendreich Limestone [At NO 578 614] [Obsolete Name and Code: Use CMPL]
(-3312)
Stanley Limestone (SYLS) Campsie Formation [Obsolete Name and Code: Use CMPL] (-145) |
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| Alternative Name(s): | none recorded or not applicable | ||
| Stratotypes: | |||
| Type Section | The bed and banks of the River Tay, north of Perth, at the sharp bend south of Campsie. Armstrong et al., 1985. | ||
| Reference(s): | |||
| Armstrong, M, and Paterson, I B. 1970. The Lower Old Red Sandstone of the Strathmore Region. Report of the Institute of Geological Sciences No. 70/12 | |||
| Armstrong, M, Paterson, I B, and Browne, M A E. 1985. Geology of the Perth and Dundee district. Memoir of the British Geological Survey, Sheets 48W, 48E and 49 (Scotland). 108pp. | |||
| Browne, M A E, Smith, R A, and Aitken, A M. 2002. Stratigraphical framework for the Devonian (Old Red Sandstone) rocks of Scotland south of a line from Fort William to Aberdeen. British Geological Survey Research Report RR/01/04. 67 pp. | |||
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: | |||
| S057 S048 | |||