Computer Code: |
KNV |
Preferred Map Code: |
KNV |
Status Code: |
Full |
Age range: |
Asbian Substage (CR)
— Brigantian Substage (CX) |
Lithological Description: |
Basaltic lava flows, mostly subaerial but some subaqueous with associated hyaloclastite and pillows, interbedded with tuffs, sandstones, mudstones and limestones. |
Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Conformable; at base of lowest basaltic lava flow. Locally the base is complex as a result of interdigitation with the uppermost part of the Sandy Craig Formation. |
Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Conformable; at top of highest basaltic lava on tuff in transition to sediments of Pathhead or Lower Limestone Formation. |
Thickness: |
400-500 m. |
Geographical Limits: |
Around Kinghom on 1:10k sheet NT28NE, north of Burntisland on sheet NT28NW; extending northwards onto the southernmost parts of NT29SW and SE and westwards onto the easternmost part of NT18NE. |
Parent Unit: |
Bathgate Group (BATH)
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Previous Name(s): |
Burntisland Lavas [Obsolete Name and Code: Use KNV]
(-3503)
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Alternative Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
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Stratotypes: |
Type Section |
Coastal section between Pettycur Harbour (Kinghorn) and Seafield Tower (between Kinghon and Kirkcaldy). |
Reference(s): |
Gelkie, A, 1900. The geology of central and western Fife and Kinross. Memoir of the Geological Survey of Scotland, p.53-76. |
Dean, M T, Browne, M A E, Waters, C N and Powell, J H. 2011. A lithostratigraphical framework for the Carboniferous successions of northern Great Britain (onshore). British Geological Survey Research Report, RR/10/007. 165pp. |
MacGregor, A R, 1968. Fife and Angus Geology, an excursion guide. Scottish Academic Press, Edinburgh, p.248-253. |
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
S040
S032
S040
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