Computer Code: |
KNIUC |
Preferred Map Code: |
notEntered |
Status Code: |
Index Level |
Age range: |
Pendleian Substage (CE)
— Pendleian Substage (CE) |
Lithological Description: |
Thin, impersistent but highly correlateable coal in the Glasgow-Stirling region. This coal is the highest of three in between the Black Metals to Knightswood Gas Coal and is often associated with thick Lingula beds, often washed out. |
Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Overlies "cyclothems" between Black Metals and Knott Rider Coal within the Limestone Coal Formation. |
Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Overlain by Knightswood Gas Coal within the Limestone Coal Formation. Up to 8m of Lingula-rich, fissile mudstone is often present between these beds. |
Thickness: |
0.1m |
Geographical Limits: |
Glasgow area of the Midland Valley, Scotland. |
Parent Unit: |
Limestone Coal Formation (LSC)
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Previous Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
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Alternative Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
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Stratotypes: |
Type Section |
Milton No.3 Borehole, Glasgow area (NS66NW BH35) at 396m depth. Forsyth and Read, 1962. |
Reference(s): |
Forsyth, I H and Read, W A. 1962. The Correlation of the Limestone Coal Group above the Kilsyth coking coal in the Glasgow-Stirling region. Bulletin of the Geological Survey of Great Britain No.19, 29-52. |
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
none recorded or not applicable |