| Computer Code: |
GBK |
Preferred Map Code: |
GBK |
| Status Code: |
Full |
| Age range: |
Wenlock Epoch (SW)
— Wenlock Epoch (SW) |
| Lithological Description: |
Conglomerates, red mudstones, grey siltstones and fine-grained sandstones with fish bed. NOTE:For Reference Sections see component formations (Gully Red Beds, Fish Bed Formation, Dovestone Red Beds, Douglas Water Arenite and Parishholm Conglomerate). |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Base of Parishholm Conglomerate. |
| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Base of overlying Hareshaw Conglomerate. |
| Thickness: |
c. 340m |
| Geographical Limits: |
Hagshaw Hills Inlier, Lanarkshire. 50k sheets 23W, 23E and 15W. |
| Parent Unit: |
Not Applicable (-)
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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: |
| none recorded or not applicable |
| Reference(s): |
| Richey, J E, Anderson, E M, and Macgregor, A G. 1930.The geology of north Ayreshire. Memoir of the Geological Survey of Great Britain. |
| Walton, E K. 1983. Lower Palaeozoic - Stratigraphy. In Craig, G Y (editor), Geology of Scotland (2nd edition)(Edinburgh: Scottish Academic Press.) |
| Geikie, A. 1873. Lanarkshire: Central Districts. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Scotland. |
| Lawson, J and Lawson, J, 1976. The Southern Uplands and Galloway. "In" Geology explained around Glasgow and south-west Scotland, including Arran. |
| Rolfe, W D I, 1973. The Hagshaw Hills Silurian Inlier. "In" Bluck, B J, Geology of the Glasgow district. |
| Rolfe, W D I, 1961. The Geology of the Hagshaw Hills Silurian Inlier, Lanarkshire. Transactions of the Edinburgh Geological Society, Vol.18, Part 3, 240-269. |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
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S023
S015
S023
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