The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details
Corsewall Point Conglomerate Member
Computer Code: | CPC | Preferred Map Code: | CPC |
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Status Code: | Full | ||
Age range: | Caradoc Series (O4) — Caradoc Series (O4) | ||
Lithological Description: | Boulder, cobble and pebble conglomerate. | ||
Definition of Lower Boundary: | Conformable/interfingers with wackes of Corsewall Formation. | ||
Definition of Upper Boundary: | Not seen (faulted). | ||
Thickness: | c.1000m | ||
Geographical Limits: | Rhins of Galloway, south west Scotland. | ||
Parent Unit: | Corsewall Formation (CLG) | ||
Previous Name(s): | Conglomeratic 'Division' of Corsewell Group [Obsolete Name and Code: Use CPC]
(-2718)
Corsewall (Point) Conglomerate [Obsolete Name and Code: Use CPC] (-1455) |
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Alternative Name(s): | none recorded or not applicable | ||
Stratotypes: | |||
Type Section | Coast, Corsewell Point area, Rhins of Galloway. | ||
Reference(s): | |||
Floyd, J D, 1996. Lithostratigraphy of the Ordovician rocks in the Southern Uplands: Crawford Group, Moffat Shale Group, Leadhills Supergroup. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences, Vol.86, 153-165. | |||
Stone, P, 1995. Geology of the Rhins of Galloway district. Memoir of the British Geological Survey, Sheets 1 & 3 (Scotland). | |||
Kelling, G, 1961. The stratigraphy and structure of the Ordovician rocks of the Rhinns of Galloway. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London, Vol.117, 37-75. | |||
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: | |||
S001 S003 S007 |