The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

Lothbeg Shale Member

Computer Code: LTBS Preferred Map Code: LtbS
Status Code: Pending Upgrade
Age range: Kimmeridgian Age (JD) — Kimmeridgian Age (JD)
Lithological Description: Mudstone with subsidiary sandstone and siltstone.
Definition of Lower Boundary: none recorded or not applicable
Definition of Upper Boundary: none recorded or not applicable
Thickness: none recorded or not applicable
Geographical Limits: none recorded or not applicable
Parent Unit: Helmsdale Boulder Beds Formation (HBB)
Previous Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Alternative Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Stratotypes:
none recorded or not applicable
Reference(s):
Gregory F G, 1989. Palaeoenvironmental interpretation and distribution of the Lower Kimmeridgian foraminifera from the Helmsdale-Brora Outlier, northeast Scotland. Fig.3 in Northwest European micropalaeontology and palynology. Batten, D J and Keen, M C (editors). (British Micropalaeontological Society Series). (Chichester:Ellis Horwood Limited). 
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used:
S103