| Computer Code: |
CRGM |
Preferred Map Code: |
CRGM |
| Status Code: |
Full |
| Age range: |
Caradoc Series (O4)
— Caradoc Series (O4) |
| Lithological Description: |
Conglomerates, greywackes and flaggy siltstones. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Faulted. |
| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Faulted. |
| Thickness: |
c. 500m |
| Geographical Limits: |
Not defined. |
| Parent Unit: |
Albany Group (ALBY)
|
| Previous Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
|
| Alternative Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
|
| Stratotypes: |
| Type Area |
Water of Gregg, Barr, Sheet S008W. |
| Reference(s): |
| Ince, D, 1984. Sedimentation and tectonism in the Middle Ordovician of the Girvan district, north west Scotland. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Earth Sciences, Vol.75 (2), p.225-237. |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
|
S008
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