The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details
Logie-Buchan Glacigenic Subgroup
| Computer Code: | LBD | Preferred Map Code: | LB |
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| Status Code: | Full | ||
| Age range: | Devensian Stage (QD) — Devensian Stage (QD) | ||
| Lithological Description: | Red clayey diamictons and gravels with a distinctive suite of clasts derived from the floor of the North Sea Basin, including calcareous siltstone, red sandstone and shell fragments. | ||
| Definition of Lower Boundary: | Unconformable on bedrock or older superficial deposits. | ||
| Definition of Upper Boundary: | At surface or beneath postglacial deposits. | ||
| Thickness: | Up to 20 m. | ||
| Geographical Limits: | Coastal lowland north of Aberdeen (River Dee), east of Ellon and south of Peterhead. | ||
| Parent Unit: | Caledonia Glacigenic Group (CALI) | ||
| Previous Name(s): | Logie-Buchan Drift Group [Obsolete Name and Code: Use LBD]
(-2282)
Red Coastal Series [Obsolete Name and Code: Use LBD] (-2283) Red Series [Obsolete Name and Code: Use MDR, LBD, MEAG, LBAG] (-1013) Logie-Buchan Glacigenic Group [Obsolete Name and Code: Use LBD] (-1015) |
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| Alternative Name(s): | none recorded or not applicable | ||
| Stratotypes: | |||
| Type Area | Slains. See also stratotypes of constituent formations, including Hatton Till, Pitlurg Farm Till and Kippet Hills Gravels, etc. | ||
| Reference(s): | |||
| Merritt, J W. 1981. The sand and gravel resources of the country around Ellon, Grampian Region. Description of 1:25 000 resource sheet NJ93 with parts of NJ82, NJ83 and NJ92, NK03 and parts of NK02 and NK13. Mineral assessment Report of the Institute of Geological Sciences, No. 76. | |||
| Hall, A M and Jarvis, J. 1995. A multiple till sequence near Ellon, Grampian Region: T F Jamieson's "indigo boulder clay" re-examined. Scottish Journal of Geology, Vol.31, 53-59. | |||
| Merritt, J W, Auton, C A, Connell, E R, Hall, A M and Peacock, J D. 2003. The Cainozoic geology and landscape evolution of north-east Scotland. Memoir of the British Geological Survey, Sheets 66E, 67, 76E, 77, 86E, 87W, 87E, 95, 96W, 96E and 97 (Scotland) | |||
| McMillan, A A, Hamblin, R J O, and Merritt, J W. 2011. A lithostratigraphical framework for onshore Quaternary and Neogene (Tertiary) superficial deposits of Great Britain and the Isle of Man. British Geological Survey Research Report, RR/10/03. 343pp. | |||
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: | |||
| S067 S077 S087 S087 | |||