| Computer Code: |
GNE |
Preferred Map Code: |
GNE |
| Status Code: |
Full |
| Age range: |
Ashgill Series (OA)
— Ashgill Series (OA) |
| Lithological Description: |
Sandstone/siltstone turbidite sequence. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Faulted (Orlock Bridge Fault); probably ultimately rests on the Moffat Shale Group. |
| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Faulted (Glen Fumart Fault). |
| Thickness: |
c.2000m |
| Geographical Limits: |
Lenticular outcrop between the Thornhill Basin and Dalry, Kirkcudbrightshire: Southern Uplands of Scotland. |
| Parent Unit: |
Scaur Group (SCAU)
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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: |
| Type Section |
Glenlee Burn and adjacent Dunveoch Hill and Rig of Drumbuie. |
| Reference Section |
Scaur Water section between Laight and Orlock Bridge Fault. |
| Reference(s): |
| Floyd, J D, and Rushton, A W A. 1993. Ashgill greywackes in the Southern Uplands of Scotland: an extension of the Ordovician succession in the Northern Belt. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences, Vol. 84, 79-85. |
| 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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S008
S009
S009
S015
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