Computer Code: |
GUY |
Preferred Map Code: |
GUY |
Status Code: |
Full |
Age range: |
Caradoc Series (O4)
— Caradoc Series (O4) |
Lithological Description: |
Slumped debris flow unit containing limestone clasts with shelly faunas within graptolitic shaly mudstones and siltstones of the Penwhapple Formation. |
Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Succeeds more typical Penwhapple Formation graptolitic siltstone and mudstone in Penwhapple Burn. |
Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Succeeded by normal graptolitic siltstone and mudstone of the Penwhapple Formation. |
Thickness: |
To 5m |
Geographical Limits: |
Girvan area, southwest Scotland. |
Parent Unit: |
Penwhapple Formation (PWH)
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Previous Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
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Alternative Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
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Stratotypes: |
Type Section |
Section in Penwhapple Burn, Girvan, southwest Scotland. Ingham in Fortey et al. 2000. |
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. |
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
none recorded or not applicable |