The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

Tweeddale Member

Computer Code: TDM Preferred Map Code: notEntered
Status Code: Pending Upgrade
Age range: Ashgill Series (OA) — Ashgill Series (OA)
Lithological Description: Rhyolite and wacke with subsidiary limestone, rhyolite lava and tuff.
Definition of Lower Boundary: none recorded or not applicable
Definition of Upper Boundary: none recorded or not applicable
Thickness: none recorded or not applicable
Geographical Limits: none recorded or not applicable
Parent Unit: Shinnel Formation (SHIN)
Previous Name(s): Wrae Limestone [Obsolete Name And Code: Use TDM] (WRL)
Alternative Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Stratotypes:
none recorded or not applicable
Reference(s):
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:
S016 S024 S024