| Computer Code: |
UFMLA |
Preferred Map Code: |
notEntered |
| Status Code: |
Full |
| Age range: |
Visean Age (CV)
— Visean Age (CV) |
| Lithological Description: |
[Obsolete: use FMLA]
The Upper Flow Moss Lava Member consists of alkali basalts and subordinate basanites and ankaramites. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
The base is apparently unconformable on the Harelaw Lava Member, which consists of trachytic lavas, and the volcaniclastic rocks of the Gowk Stane Member. A thick bole formed on the top flow of the Lower Flow Moss Member marks the contact with this underlying member. |
| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
The Member is overlain unconformably by the Kirkwood Formation (Strathclyde Group). |
| Thickness: |
Not known. |
| Geographical Limits: |
Dunlop-Eaglesham moors between Glasgow, Kilmarnock and Hamilton, widespread area between Neilston (NS 440 560) in the northwest and Darvel (NS 610 390) in the southeast. |
| Parent Unit: |
none recorded or not applicable
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| Previous Name(s): |
Flow Moss Lavas [Obsolete Name and Code: Use LFMLA, UFMLA]
(-4159)
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| Alternative Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
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| Stratotypes: |
| Type Area |
Dunlop-Eaglesham moors between Glasgow, Kilmarnock and Hamilton, widespread between Neilston (NS 440 560) in the northwest and Darvel (NS 610 390) in the southeast. MacPherson and Phillips. 1997. |
| Reference(s): |
| Phillips, E R, and MacPherson, K A T. 1996. Petrology, geochemistry and classification of the Clyde Plateau Volcanic Formation, Kilmarnock district (Sheet 22), Midland Valley, Scotland. British Geological Survey Minerology and Petrology Technical Report, WG/96/24. |
| MacPherson, K A T and Phillips, E R. 1997. The geology of the Clyde Plateau Volcanic Formation of the Kilmarnock district (Sheet 22E), central Scotland. British Geological Survey Report, WA/97/88. |
| MacPherson, K A T, Smith, R A and Akhurst, M C. 2000. Geology of the Kilmarnock district. Sheet description of the British Geological Survey 1:50 000 Sheet 22E Kilmarnock (Scotland). |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
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S022
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