The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details
Passage Formation
| Computer Code: | PGP | Preferred Map Code: | PGP |
|---|---|---|---|
| Status Code: | Full | ||
| Age range: | Arnsbergian Substage (CG) — Langsettian Substage (CA) | ||
| Lithological Description: | Cyclic: including coarse sandstones and seatearths. See NOTE relating to lithological description of Lower Limestone Formation (LLGS). | ||
| Definition of Lower Boundary: | Top of Castlecary Limestone. | ||
| Definition of Upper Boundary: | Base of Coal Measures (base of Lowstone Marine Band in type section). | ||
| Thickness: | 357.1 m in type section. | ||
| Geographical Limits: | Central Scotland. | ||
| Parent Unit: | Clackmannan Group (CKN) | ||
| Previous Name(s): | Happendon Limestones [Obsolete Name And Code: Subsumed Within PGP]
(HALG)
Passage Group [Obsolete Name and Code: Use MKS, PGP] (-4194) |
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| Alternative Name(s): | none recorded or not applicable | ||
| Stratotypes: | |||
| Type Section | Airth Borehole (NS88NE/148) from 96.8 to 453.9m. | ||
| Reference(s): | |||
| Waters, C N, Gillespie, M R, Smith, K, Auton, C A, Floyd, J D, Leslie, A G, Millward, D, Mitchell, W I, McMillan, A A, Stone, P, Barron, A J M, Dean, M T, Hopson, P M, Krabbendam, M, Browne, M A E, Stephenson, D, Akhurst, M C, and Barnes, R P. 2007. Stratigraphical Chart of the United Kingdom: Northern Britain. (British Geological Survey.) | |||
| MacGregor, A G, 1960. Division of the Carboniferous on Geological Survey Scottish Maps. Bulletin of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, No.16, 127-130. | |||
| 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. | |||
| North American Commission on Stratigraphic Nomenclature, 1983. North American Stratigraphic Code. American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Bulletin 67, No. 5, p. 841-875. | |||
| Ramsbottom, W H C, Calver, M A, Eagar, R M C, Hodson, F, Holliday, D W, Stubblefield, C J and Wilson, R B. 1978. A correlation of the Silesian rocks in the British Isles. Geological Society of London, Special Report No.10. | |||
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: | |||
| S012 S015 S023 S013 S031 S031 S015 S338 S014 S023 S033 S032 S040 S030 S039 S040 S041 | |||