| Computer Code: |
CAPH |
Preferred Map Code: |
CAPH |
| Status Code: |
Full |
| Age range: |
Caradoc Series (O4)
— Caradoc Series (O4) |
| Lithological Description: |
Conglomerate: channel fill unit within turbidite succession. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Lens within Kirkcolm Formation. |
| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Lens within Kirkcolm Formation. |
| Thickness: |
40-450m |
| Geographical Limits: |
Carsphairn area, southern Scotland. |
| Parent Unit: |
Kirkcolm Formation (KKF)
|
| Previous Name(s): |
Carsphairn Rudite Formation [Obsolete Name and Code: Use CAPH]
(-3900)
|
| Alternative Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
|
| Stratotypes: |
| Type Section |
Craighit, Carsphairn |
| Reference Section |
Craig of Knockgray, Carsphairn |
| 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. |
| Holroyd, J, 1978. The sedimentological and geotectonic significance of Lower Palaeozoic flysch rudites. University of Wales PhD Thesis (unpublished). |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
|
S008
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