Computer Code: |
GWH |
Preferred Map Code: |
GWH |
Status Code: |
Full |
Age range: |
Caradoc Series (O4)
— Caradoc Series (O4) |
Lithological Description: |
Quartzose wacke and conglomerate turbidite unit. |
Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Interfingers with the Portpatrick Formation. |
Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Interfingers with Portpatrick Formation. |
Thickness: |
0 to 500m |
Geographical Limits: |
Southern Uplands of Scotland. |
Parent Unit: |
Scaur Group (SCAU)
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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: |
Reference Section |
Knockville Moor, Newton Stewart: moorland exposure. |
Reference Section |
Stronie, Killantringan, north of Portpatrick, Rhins of Galloway. |
Type Section |
Scaur Water, Moniaive: stream section. |
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. |
Floyd, J D and Trench, A. 1989. Magnetic susceptibility contrasts in Ordovician greywackes of the Southern Uplands of Scotland. Journal of the Geological Society of London, Vol.146, 77-83. |
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
S001
S003
S008
S008
S004
S015
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