The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details
Newlands Subgroup
Computer Code: | NEWL | Preferred Map Code: | NEWL |
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Status Code: | Full | ||
Age range: | Rhuddanian Age (SR) — Aeronian Age (SA) | ||
Lithological Description: | Flaggy wacke sandstones, siltstones, and mudstones, plus conglomerate, grit and subsidiary thin limestones. | ||
Definition of Lower Boundary: | Unconformity at the base of the Mulloch Hill Conglomerate Fomation or the equivalent Craigskelly Conglmerate Formation on the Ardmillan Group. | ||
Definition of Upper Boundary: | Unconformably overlain by the Lower Camregan Grits Formation of the Dailly Subgroup. | ||
Thickness: | 1370 m thick. | ||
Geographical Limits: | The Girvan area of south-west Scotland. | ||
Parent Unit: | Girvan Group (GVN) | ||
Previous Name(s): | Newlands Series [Obsolete Name and Code: Use NE, PNO, NEWL, DAI]
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Woodland Beds [Obsolete Name And Code: Use NEWL] (WDB) Penwhapple South Group [Obsolete Name: Use NEWL] (PSO) |
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Alternative Name(s): | none recorded or not applicable | ||
Stratotypes: | |||
Type Area | Main outcrop between Girvan and Straiton. | ||
Type Area | Craighead Inlier, north-west of Girvan. | ||
Type Area | Coast sections, south-west of Girvan. | ||
Reference(s): | |||
Floyd, J D and Williams, M. 2003. A revised correlation of Silurian rocks in the Girvan district, SW Scotland. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences, Vol. 93 (for 2002), 383-92. | |||
Lapworth, C, 1882. The Girvan Succession. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London, Vol. 38, 537-666. | |||
Cocks, L R M and Toghill, P, 1973. The biostratigraphy of the Silurian rocks of the Girvan District, Scotland. Journal of the Geological Society of London, Vol. 129, 209-243. | |||
Cameron, I B, Stone, P and Smellie, J, 1986. Geology of the Country around Girvan. Explanation of 1:50 000 sheet. British Geological Survey, Sheet 7, Scotland. | |||
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: | |||
none recorded or not applicable |