| Computer Code: |
ADRC |
Preferred Map Code: |
notEntered |
| Status Code: |
Index Level |
| Age range: |
Pendleian Substage (CE)
— Pendleian Substage (CE) |
| Lithological Description: |
Thin, impersistent coal in the Glasgow-Stirling region. Locally replaces Possil Fourteen Inch Coal or is replaced by sandstone. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Thin coal "cyclothem" overlies Ashfield Coking Coal, within Limestone Coal Formation. |
| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Overlain by fissile mudstone below the Possil Fourteen Inch Coal, Limestone Shale Formation. |
| Thickness: |
0.1m |
| Geographical Limits: |
Glasgow area of the Midland Valley, Scotland. |
| Parent Unit: |
Limestone Coal Formation (LSC)
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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 |
Queenslie No 1 Borehole (1949), Glasgow (NS66NE, BH85) at 517m depth. Forsyth and Read, 1962. |
| Reference(s): |
| Forsyth, I H, and Read, W A. 1962. The Correlation of the Limestone Coal Group above the Kilsyth coking coal in the Glasgow-Stirling region. Bulletin of the Geological Survey of Great Britain No. 19, 29-52. |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
| none recorded or not applicable |
