| Computer Code: |
EKB |
Preferred Map Code: |
EKB |
| Status Code: |
Full |
| Age range: |
Ashgill Series (OA)
— Ashgill Series (OA) |
| Lithological Description: |
Sandstone turbidite unit. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Within Upper Hartfell Shale Formation. |
| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Within Upper Hartfell Shale Formation. |
| Thickness: |
c.55m |
| Geographical Limits: |
Southern Uplands of Scotland. |
| Parent Unit: |
Leadhills Supergroup (LHG)
|
| 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 |
Cliff section, River Ettrick, Ettrickbridge. |
| Reference(s): |
| Casey, D M. 1983. Geological studies in the Central Belt of the Eastern Southern Uplands of Scotland. University of Oxford PhD Thesis (unpublished). |
| 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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S017
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