The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

Barnyards Silt Formation

Computer Code: BYDS Preferred Map Code: notEntered
Status Code: Pending Upgrade
Age range: Loch Lomond Stadial (Younger Dryas) (QDL) — Loch Lomond Stadial (Younger Dryas) (QDL)
Lithological Description: 3 m of pink to grey laminated clayey silt.
Definition of Lower Boundary: none recorded or not applicable
Definition of Upper Boundary: none recorded or not applicable
Thickness: 3 m.
Geographical Limits: none recorded or not applicable
Parent Unit: British Coastal Deposits Group (COAS)
Previous Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Alternative Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Stratotypes:
Type Area  Moniack district [NH 540 440], south-east of Beauly. 
Reference(s):
McMillan, A A, Hamblin, R J O, and Merritt, J W. 2011. A lithostratigraphical framework for onshore Quaternary and Neogene (Tertiary) superficial deposits of Great Britain and the Isle of Man. British Geological Survey Research Report, RR/10/03. 343pp. 
Firth, C R, and Haggart, B A. 1989. Loch Lomond Stadial and Flandrian shorelines in the inner Moray Firth area. Journal of Quaternary Science, Vol. 4, 37–50. 
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used:
none recorded or not applicable