The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

Albany Group

Computer Code: ALBY Preferred Map Code: ALBY
Status Code: Full
Age range: Caradoc Series (O4) — Caradoc Series (O4)
Lithological Description: Greywackes, mudstones, conglomerates.
Definition of Lower Boundary: Faulted lower boundary.
Definition of Upper Boundary: Faulted upper boundary.
Thickness: At least approximately 1000m
Geographical Limits: Not defined.
Parent Unit: Not Applicable (-)
Previous Name(s): Albany Division [Obsolete Name And Code: Use ALBY] (ALBD)
Alternative Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Stratotypes:
Type Area  Albany Burn, Barr, Sheet S8W, Carrick. 
Reference(s):
Ince, D, 1984. Sedimentation and tectonism in the Middle Ordovician of the Girvan district, north west Scotland. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Earth Sciences, Vol.75 (2), p.225-237. 
Williams, A, 1962. The Barr and Lower Ardmillan Series (Caradoc) of the Girvan district, southwest Ayrshire, with descriptions of the Brachiopoda. Memoir of the Geological Society of London, No.3. 
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used:
S008