Computer Code: |
SCA |
Preferred Map Code: |
SCA |
Status Code: |
Full |
Age range: |
Rhuddanian Age (SR)
— Aeronian Age (SA) |
Lithological Description: |
Conglomerate (pebbles of vein quartz, lava, dolerite, chert and red jasper) and coarse sandstone. |
Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Conformable on the Woodland Formation. |
Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Not seen |
Thickness: |
45m |
Geographical Limits: |
Girvan area, southwest Scotland. |
Parent Unit: |
Newlands Subgroup (NEWL)
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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 |
Woodland Point, coast c. 2km southwest of Girvan. Cocks, L R M and Toghill, P, 1973. |
Reference(s): |
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. |
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. |
Lapworth, C, 1882. The Girvan Succession. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London, Vol. 38, 537-666. |
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
S007
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