The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details
Whitehouse Subgroup
| Computer Code: | WHE | Preferred Map Code: | Whe |
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| Status Code: | Full | ||
| Age range: | Onnian Substage (ON) — Cautleyan Stage (OU) | ||
| Lithological Description: | Sandstones, mudstones, sandy limestones and shales. Conglomerate lenses. See also the definitions of the constituent (Southshore, Threemile, Penwhapple, Myoch, Mill and Shalloch) formations. | ||
| Definition of Lower Boundary: | Overlies the Ardwell Farm Formation, part of the Ardwell Subgroup. | ||
| Definition of Upper Boundary: | Conformably overlain by the Auldthorns Formation [AUT], part of the Drummuck Group [DKG]. | ||
| Thickness: | c.600m | ||
| Geographical Limits: | Girvan area, southwest Scotland. | ||
| Parent Unit: | Ardmillan Group (AMN) | ||
| Previous Name(s): | Whitehouse Formation [Obsolete Name and Code: Use WHE]
(-1272)
Whitehouse Beds [Obsolete Name and Code: Use WHE, BAY] (-1331) Whitehouse Group [Obsolete Name and Code: Use WHE] (-2528) |
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| Alternative Name(s): | none recorded or not applicable | ||
| Stratotypes: | |||
| Type Area | Geological sheet S007 (Girvan). See definitions of constituent formations, listed under "Lithological Description" in this entry. | ||
| Reference(s): | |||
| Fortey, R A, Harper, D A T, Ingham, J K, Owen, A W, Parkes, M A, Rushton, A W A and Woodcock, N H. 2000. A revised correlation of Ordovician rocks in the British Isles. Geological Society Special Report, No.24. | |||
| Harper, D A T, 1984. Brachiopods from the Upper Ardmillan succession (Ordovician) of the Girvan district, Scotland. Part 1. Monograph of the Palaeontographical Society, London. 1-78 (Publication No.565, part of Vol.136 for 1982). | |||
| Floyd, J D. 1999. Geology of the Carrick - Loch Doon district. Memoir for 1:50 000 geological sheets 8W and 8E (Scotland). [London: The Stationery Office for the British Geological Survey.] | |||
| Cameron, I B, Stone, P and Smellie, J, 1986. Geology of the Country around Girvan. Explanation of 1:50 000 sheet. British Geological Survey, Sheet 7, Scotland. | |||
| Ingham, J K, 1978. Geology of a continental margin 2: Middle and late Ordovician transgression, Girvan. "In" Bones, D R and Leake, B E. Crustal Evolution in North Western Britain and Adjacent Regions. Geological Journal Special Issue, No.10. p.163-176. | |||
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: | |||
| S007 S008 | |||