The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details
Gillfoot Sandstone Member
| Computer Code: | GISD | Preferred Map Code: | GISD |
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| Status Code: | Full | ||
| Age range: | Arundian Substage (CJ) — Arundian Substage (CJ) | ||
| Lithological Description: | Interbedded medium- to coarse-grained sandstone and conglomerate. | ||
| Definition of Lower Boundary: | Gradational contact with strata of the Southerness Limestone Formation. | ||
| Definition of Upper Boundary: | Gradational with the Powillimount Sandstone Formation, taken as the top of the uppermost conglomerate associated with reddened strata. | ||
| Thickness: | 120 to 150m | ||
| Geographical Limits: | Gillfoot Bay, Southerness, Kirkudbrightshire, south-western Scotland (Southern Uplands). | ||
| Parent Unit: | Fell Sandstone Formation (FELL) | ||
| Previous Name(s): | Gillfoot Beds [Obsolete Name And Code: Use GISD]
(GIB)
Gillfoot Sandstone Formation [Obsolete Name and Code: Use GISD] (-1560) Gillfoot Member [Obsolete Name and Code: Use GISD] (-4063) |
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| Alternative Name(s): | none recorded or not applicable | ||
| Stratotypes: | |||
| Type Section | Gillfoot Bay, Southerness, Kirkcudbrightshire. | ||
| Reference(s): | |||
| Craig, G Y. 1956. The Lower Carboniferous outlier of Kirkbean, Kirkcudbrightshire. Transactions of the Geological Society of Glasgow, Vol. 22, 113-132. | |||
| Dean, M T, Browne, M A E, Waters, C N, and Powell, J H. 2011. A lithostratigraphical framework for the Carboniferous successions of northern Great Britain (onshore). British Geological Survey Research Report RR/10/007. 165 pp. | |||
| Deegan, C E. 1970. The petrology and sedimentology of the Lower Carboniferous rocks between White Port and Kirkbean, Kirkcudbrightshire. University of Wales, Aberystwyth Ph D Thesis (unpublished). | |||
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: | |||
| S006 S005 S006 | |||