The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details
Woodland Formation
| Computer Code: | WLF | Preferred Map Code: | WLF |
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| Status Code: | Full | ||
| Age range: | Rhuddanian Age (SR) — Rhuddanian Age (SR) | ||
| Lithological Description: | Flaggy sandstones with prominent calcareous lenses full of shells. | ||
| Definition of Lower Boundary: | Conformable on the Craigskelly Conglomerate. | ||
| Definition of Upper Boundary: | Conformably overlain by Scart Grits. | ||
| Thickness: | 21m | ||
| Geographical Limits: | Girvan area, southwest Scotland. | ||
| Parent Unit: | Newlands Subgroup (NEWL) | ||
| Previous Name(s): | Woodland Limestone [Obsolete Name And Code: Use WLF]
(WLDL)
Striped Shale [Obsolete Name and Code: Use WLF] (-1277) Lower Pentamerus Limestone [Obsolete Name and Code: Use WLF] (-1919) Coralline Limestone [Obsolete Name and Code: Use WLF] (-2535) |
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| Alternative Name(s): | none recorded or not applicable | ||
| Stratotypes: | |||
| Type Section | Woodland Point, coast c. 2 km southwest of Girvan. Cocks, L R M and Toghill, P, 1973. | ||
| Reference(s): | |||
| Cocks, L R M and Toghill, P, 1973. The biostratigraphy of the Silurian rocks of the Girvan District, Scotland. Journal of the Geological Society of London, Vol. 129, 209-243. | |||
| Lapworth, C, 1882. The Girvan Succession. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London, Vol. 38, 537-666. | |||
| 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. | |||
| Floyd, J D and Williams, M. 2003. A revised correlation of Silurian rocks in the Girvan district, SW Scotland. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences, Vol. 93 (for 2002), 383-92. | |||
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: | |||
| S007 | |||