The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

Glauconitic Sandstone Member

Computer Code: GLCSA Preferred Map Code: notEntered
Status Code: Full
Age range: Callovian Age (JC) — Callovian Age (JC)
Lithological Description: Coarsening-upwards glauconitic muddy and silty sandstones with a siltstone interbed (Sykes, 1975).
Definition of Lower Boundary: Overlies the Brora Shale Member (BROR).
Definition of Upper Boundary: Overlain by the Brora Brick Clay Member (BROBC).
Thickness: 10.1 m.
Geographical Limits: Brora area, Sutherland, Scotland.
Parent Unit: Strathsteven Mudstone Formation (SSTV)
Previous Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Alternative Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Stratotypes:
Type Section  Cliffs in the north bank of the River Brora [NC 889 040]. 
Reference(s):
Sykes, R M. 1975. The stratigraphy of the Callovian and Oxfordian stages (Middle-Upper Jurassic) in northern Scotland. Scottish Journal of Geology, Vol.11, 51-78. 
Barron, A J M, Lott, G K, and Riding, J B. 2012. Stratigraphical framework for the Middle Jurassic strata of Great Britain and the adjoining continental shelf. British Geological Survey Research Report RR/11/06. 
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used:
none recorded or not applicable