| Computer Code: |
PWH |
Preferred Map Code: |
PWH |
| Status Code: |
Full |
| Age range: |
Caradoc Series (O4)
— Caradoc Series (O4) |
| Lithological Description: |
Grey flaggy siltstone and mudstone with a mudstone conglomerate unit. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Conformably overlies the Threemile Formation. |
| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Conformably overlain by the Myoch Formation. |
| Thickness: |
90m |
| Geographical Limits: |
Girvan area, southwest Scotland. |
| Parent Unit: |
Whitehouse Subgroup (WHE)
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| Previous Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
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| Alternative Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
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| Stratotypes: |
| Type Section |
Penwhapple Burn |
| Reference(s): |
| Harper, D A T, 1984. Brachiopods from the Upper Ardmillan succession (Ordovician) of the Girvan district, Scotland. Part 1. Monograph of the Palaeontographical Society, London. 1-78 (Publication No.565, part of Vol.136 for 1982). |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
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S008
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