The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details
Saugh Hill Grits Formation
| Computer Code: | SHSG | Preferred Map Code: | SHSG |
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| Status Code: | Full | ||
| Age range: | Llandovery Epoch (SL) — Llandovery Epoch (SL) | ||
| Lithological Description: | Grey-green, thickly bedded, gritty sandstone and shale. | ||
| Definition of Lower Boundary: | Conformably overlies the Tralorg Shale Formation. | ||
| Definition of Upper Boundary: | Conformably overlain by the Pencleuch Shale Formation. | ||
| Thickness: | 180 - 365 m thick. | ||
| Geographical Limits: | Girvan area, south-west Scotland. | ||
| Parent Unit: | Newlands Subgroup (NEWL) | ||
| Previous Name(s): | Saugh Hill Sandstones and Grits [Obsolete Name and Code: Use SHSG]
(-4324)
Saugh Hill Formation [Obsolete Name And Code: Use SHSG] (SHLF) Saugh Hill Grits [Obsolete Name And Code: Use SHSG] (SHLG) |
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| Alternative Name(s): | none recorded or not applicable | ||
| Stratotypes: | |||
| Type Section | Penwhapple Burn | ||
| Reference(s): | |||
| Lapworth, C, 1882. The Girvan Succession. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London, Vol. 38, 537-666. | |||
| 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. | |||
| Floyd, J D, and Williams, M. 2003. A revised correlation of Silurian rocks in the Girvan district, SW Scotland. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences, Vol. 93 (for 2002), 383-92. | |||
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: | |||
| S008 | |||