The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details
Upper Limestone Formation
Computer Code: | ULGS | Preferred Map Code: | ULGS |
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Status Code: | Full | ||
Age range: | Pendleian Substage (CE) — Arnsbergian Substage (CG) | ||
Lithological Description: | Cyclic: includes marine limestones. See NOTE relating to lithological description of Limestone Coal Formation (LSC). | ||
Definition of Lower Boundary: | Base of Index Limestone. | ||
Definition of Upper Boundary: | Top of Castlecary Limestone. | ||
Thickness: | 435.3m in type section | ||
Geographical Limits: | Central Scotland. | ||
Parent Unit: | Clackmannan Group (CKN) | ||
Previous Name(s): | Upper Limestone Group (Dungannon, Northern Ireland) [Obsolete Name And Code: Use ULGS]
(ULGI)
Upper Limestone Group [Obsolete Name And Code: Use ULGS] (ULG) |
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Alternative Name(s): | none recorded or not applicable | ||
Stratotypes: | |||
Type Section | Mossneuk Borehole (NS88NE/204) from 335 to 770.3m. | ||
Reference(s): | |||
MacGregor, A G, 1960. Division of the Carboniferous on Geological Survey Scottish Maps. Bulletin of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, No.16, 127-130. | |||
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.) | |||
Ramsbottom, W H C, Calver, M A, Eagar, R M C, Hodson, F, Holliday, D W, Stubblefield, C J and Wilson, R B. 1978. A correlation of the Silesian rocks in the British Isles. Geological Society of London, Special Report No.10. | |||
North American Commission on Stratigraphic Nomenclature, 1983. North American Stratigraphic Code. American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Bulletin 67, No. 5, p. 841-875. | |||
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: | |||
S012 S008 S023 E018 S013 S031 S025 S024 S338 S014 S015 S023 S024 S015 S031 S032 S032 E004 E006 S040 S030 S039 S039 S040 S041 E019 E025 E001 E002 |