| Computer Code: |
BAIL |
Preferred Map Code: |
BAIL |
| Status Code: |
Full |
| Age range: |
Caradoc Series (O4)
— Caradoc Series (O4) |
| Lithological Description: |
Lavas, pyroclastic rocks, etc, thought to be remains of a seamount volcano. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Rests on black mudstone, possiblythe the Glenkiln Shale Formation of the Moffat Shale Group. |
| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Faulted. |
| Thickness: |
c.1200m |
| Geographical Limits: |
Bail Hill area, Sanquhar, south Scotland. Includes Peat Rig Formation and Cat Cleugh Formation. |
| Parent Unit: |
Leadhills Supergroup (LHG)
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| Previous Name(s): |
Bail Hill Volcanic Group [Obsolete Code: Use BAIL]
(BAHL)
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| Alternative Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
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| Stratotypes: |
| Type Area |
The area around Bail Hill, north of Sanquhar, southern Scotand. See also the stratotypes of the Peat Rig and Cat Cleugh formations. |
| 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. |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
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S015
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