| Computer Code: |
SCAU |
Preferred Map Code: |
SCAU |
| Status Code: |
Full |
| Age range: |
Caradoc Series (O4)
— Ashgill Series (OA) |
| Lithological Description: |
Sandstone/siltstone turbidite sequence. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Rests on Moffat Shale Group. |
| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Faulted (Leadhills Fault). |
| Thickness: |
c.2500m |
| Geographical Limits: |
Southern Uplands of Scotland, between Leadhills and Fardingmullach Faults. |
| Parent Unit: |
Leadhills Supergroup (LHG)
|
| Previous Name(s): |
None: Includes Portpatrick Formation And Glenwhargen Formation
(-515)
|
| Alternative Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
|
| Stratotypes: |
| none recorded or not applicable |
| Reference(s): |
| 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: |
|
S008
S008
|
