The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

Ettrickbridge Formation

Computer Code: EKB Preferred Map Code: EKB
Status Code: Full
Age range: Ashgill Series (OA) — Ashgill Series (OA)
Lithological Description: Sandstone turbidite unit.
Definition of Lower Boundary: Within Upper Hartfell Shale Formation.
Definition of Upper Boundary: Within Upper Hartfell Shale Formation.
Thickness: c.55m
Geographical Limits: Southern Uplands of Scotland.
Parent Unit: Leadhills Supergroup (LHG)
Previous Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Alternative Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Stratotypes:
Type Section  Cliff section, River Ettrick, Ettrickbridge. 
Reference(s):
Casey, D M, 1983. Geological studies in the Central Belt of the Eastern Southern Uplands of Scotland. University of Oxford PhD Thesis (unpublished). 
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. 
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used:
S017