| Computer Code: |
NWA |
Preferred Map Code: |
NWA |
| Status Code: |
Full |
| Age range: |
Wenlock Epoch (SW)
— Wenlock Epoch (SW) |
| Lithological Description: |
Mainly pale olive-grey to brownish grey arkosic medium-grained sandstones. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Incoming of predominantly sandstone succession belonging to the Newside Arenite Member above the greenish grey conglomerate forming the Fence Conglomerate Member of the Westgate Formation. |
| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
The transitional top of the predominantly sandstone succession belonging to the Newside Arenite Member of the Westgate Formation below interdigitating lenses of conglomerate containing a high percentage of quartzite pebbles which constitutes the Kirk Hill Conglomerate Member. |
| Thickness: |
c.365m |
| Geographical Limits: |
Carmichael Inlier, Lanarkshire, Scotland. |
| Parent Unit: |
Westgate Formation (WGAT)
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| Previous Name(s): |
Newside Arenite [Obsolete Name and Code: Use NWA, CARM, WGAT]
(-3901)
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| Alternative Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
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| Stratotypes: |
| Type Area |
Exposures in the Carmichael Burn, and eastwards to Cross Ridge. Rolfe, 1960 |
| Reference(s): |
| Rolfe, W D I, 1960. The Silurian inlier of Carmichael, Lanarkshire. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Vol.64, 245-260 |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
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S023
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