The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details
Skelmorlie Conglomerate Formation
Computer Code: | SKM | Preferred Map Code: | SKM |
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Status Code: | Full | ||
Age range: | Late Devonian Epoch (DU) — Late Devonian Epoch (DU) | ||
Lithological Description: | Conglomerate with clasts of quartz, schist, quartzite and lava and interbeds of pebbly sandstone. | ||
Definition of Lower Boundary: | Conformable, but scoured, resting on the Wemyss Bay Sandstone Formation. | ||
Definition of Upper Boundary: | Passes upwards into the Kelly Burn Sandstone Formation. | ||
Thickness: | From 20 m to 60 m thick. | ||
Geographical Limits: | Sheet 29, Wemyss Bay-Skelmorlie area. | ||
Parent Unit: | Stratheden Group (SAG) | ||
Previous Name(s): | Skelmorlie Conglomerate [Obsolete Name and Code: Use SKM]
(-3679)
Skelmorlie Formation [Obsolete Name and Code: Use SKM] (-1825) |
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Alternative Name(s): | none recorded or not applicable | ||
Stratotypes: | |||
Type Area | Coastal section near Skelmorlie, on sheet 29E. | ||
Reference(s): | |||
Paterson, I B, Hall, I H S and Stephenson, D. 1990. Geology of the Greenock district: Memoir for 1:50000 geological sheet 30W and part of sheet 29E (Scotland). | |||
Browne, M A E, Smith, R A, and Aitken, A M. 2002. Stratigraphical framework for the Devonian (Old Red Sandstone) rocks of Scotland south of a line from Fort William to Aberdeen. British Geological Survey Research Report RR/01/04. 67 pp. | |||
Bluck, B J. 1978. Sedimentation in a late orogenic basin; the Old Red Sandstone of the Midland Valley of Scotland. American Association of Petroleum Geologists. Memoirs No. 12. | |||
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.) | |||
Paterson, I B and Hall, I H S. 1986. Lithostratigraphy of the late Devonian and early Carboniferous rocks in the Midland Valley of Scotland. British Geological Survey Report, 18/3. | |||
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: | |||
S029 S030 |