The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details
Kingston Sand Member
| Computer Code: | KNSA | Preferred Map Code: | notEntered |
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| Status Code: | Full | ||
| Age range: | Holocene Epoch (QH) — Holocene Epoch (QH) | ||
| Lithological Description: | Sand, very fine- to medium-grained with silt and clay laminae, grey and brownish grey, finely micaceous, with some shells and comminuted shell debris and dark sulphidic patches. The sediments contain a marine microfauna of temporate estuarine type. Locally, the unit has a gravelly base and clasts to 20 cm of schist and quartzite. | ||
| Definition of Lower Boundary: | Gravelly erosive base locally unconformable, assumed to be deeply channelised into the Errol Clay Formation. | ||
| Definition of Upper Boundary: | Upper boundary (unconformable?) with transgressing Carse of Gowrie Clay Member but may pass laterally into the Carey Silt Member (Carse Clay Formation). | ||
| Thickness: | 20 m known at Kingston; up to 14.9 m at Barry Buddon. | ||
| Geographical Limits: | Tay estuary and the Firth of Tay. | ||
| Parent Unit: | Carse Clay Formation (CARCL) | ||
| Previous Name(s): | Kingston Beds
(LEKI)
Buddon Sands [Obsolete Name and Code: Use KNSA] (-1631) Kingston Beds (LEKI) |
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| Alternative Name(s): | none recorded or not applicable | ||
| Stratotypes: | |||
| Reference Section | Barry Buddon Camp 2 Borehole, BGS Ref. No. NO53SW/SE12284/2, from 2.5 m to 17.4 m depth; Firth of Tay. | ||
| Type Section | Kingston Borehole, BGS Ref. No. 32NW/5, from 4.71 m to 25.1 m depth; lower Tay estuary. | ||
| Reference(s): | |||
| 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. | |||
| Paterson, I B, Armstrong, M and Browne, M A E. 1981. Quaternary estuarine deposits in the Tay-Earn area, Scotland. Report of the Institute of Geological Sciences, No.81/7. | |||
| Paterson, I B. 1981. The Quaternary geology of the Budden Ness area of Tayside, Scotland. Report of the Institute of Geological Sciences, No.81/1. | |||
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: | |||
| S048 | |||