The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

Stoodfold Member

Computer Code: STOD Preferred Map Code: STOD
Status Code: Full
Age range: Caradoc Series (O4) — Caradoc Series (O4)
Lithological Description: Tuffaceous sandstone turbidites.
Definition of Lower Boundary: Interbedded within Kirkcolm Formation.
Definition of Upper Boundary: Interbedded within Kirkcolm Formation.
Thickness: <30m
Geographical Limits: Bail Hill area, Sanquhar, Southern Uplands of Scotland.
Parent Unit: Kirkcolm Formation (KKF)
Previous Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Alternative Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Stratotypes:
Type Section  Stoodfold Burn, Sanquhar 
Reference(s):
McMurtry, M J, 1980. The Ordovician rocks of the Bail Hill area, Sanquhar, south Scotland. Volcanism and sedimentation in the Iapetus Ocean. Unpublished PhD thesis (University of St. Andrews). 
Floyd, J D, 1996. Lithostratigraphy of the Ordovician rocks in the Southern Uplands: Crawford Group, Moffat Shale Group, Leadhills Supergroup. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences, Vol.86, 153-165. 
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used:
S015 S015