The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details
Southerness Limestone Member
| Computer Code: | SOLM | Preferred Map Code: | SOLM |
|---|---|---|---|
| Status Code: | Full | ||
| Age range: | Courceyan Substage (CF) — Arundian Substage (CJ) | ||
| Lithological Description: | Interbedded fossiliferous marine limestone, mudstone, siltstone with thick beds of bioturbated sandstone and prominant algal horizons. | ||
| Definition of Lower Boundary: | Not exposed, probably gradational with the Kirkbean Cementstone Formation. | ||
| Definition of Upper Boundary: | Gradational contact with strata of the Gillfoot Sandstone Formation. | ||
| Thickness: | >135 m. | ||
| Geographical Limits: | Southerness shore, Southerness, Kirkcudbrightshire, south-western Scotland (Southern Uplands). | ||
| Parent Unit: | Lyne Formation (LYNE) | ||
| Previous Name(s): | Southerness Limestone Formation [Obsolete Name and Code: Use SOLM]
(-4895)
Southerness Beds [Obsolete Name And Code: Use SOLM] (SOBS) |
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| Alternative Name(s): | none recorded or not applicable | ||
| Stratotypes: | |||
| Type Section | Coastal section 150 m north of Southerness lighthouse, Southerness, Kirkcudbrightshire. | ||
| Type Section | Coastal section 450 m west of Southerness lighthouse, Southerness, Kirlcudbrightshire. | ||
| Reference(s): | |||
| Craig, G Y. 1956. The Lower Carboniferous outlier of Kirkbean, Kirkcudbrightshire. Transactions of the Geological Society of Glasgow, Vol. 22, 113 - 132. | |||
| 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. | |||
| Deegan, C E. 1970. The petrology and sedimentology of the Lower Carboniferous rocks between White Port and Kirkbean, Kirkcudbrightshire. University of Wales, Aberystwyth PhD Thesis (unpublished). | |||
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: | |||
| S006 S005 S006 | |||