| Computer Code: |
MLHS |
Preferred Map Code: |
MLHS |
| Status Code: |
Full |
| Age range: |
Rhuddanian Age (SR)
— Rhuddanian Age (SR) |
| Lithological Description: |
Green to buff, ochreous-weathered sandstones, siltstones and mudstones. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Conformably overlies the Mulloch Hill Conglomerate (MLCG). |
| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Conformably overlain by the Glenwells Shale Formation (GWSH). |
| Thickness: |
Up to 240m thick. |
| Geographical Limits: |
Craighead Inlier, Girvan. |
| Parent Unit: |
Newlands Subgroup (NEWL)
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| Previous Name(s): |
Mulloch Hill Formation [Obsolete Name And Code]
(MLH)
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| Alternative Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
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| Stratotypes: |
| Type Section |
Around the nose of the Kirk Hill anticline, in the Craighead Inlier, Girvan, including Kirk (Mulloch) Hill. |
| Reference(s): |
| Harper, D A T, 1982. The stratigraphy of the Drummock Group (Ashgill), Girvan. Geological Journal, Vol.17, p.251-277.l. 17 251-277 |
| Cocks, L R M, and Toghill, P. 1973. The biostratigraphy of the Silurian rocks of the Girvan District, Scotland. Journal of the Geological Society of London, Vol. 129, 209-243. |
| Freshney, E C. 1959. An extension of the Silurian succession in the Craighead Inlier, Girvan. Transactions of the Geological Society of Glasghow, Vol. 24, 27-31. |
| Lapworth, C, 1882. The Girvan Succession. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London, Vol. 38, 537-666. |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
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S014
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