The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details
Bathgate Hills Volcanic Formation
| Computer Code: | BHV | Preferred Map Code: | BHV |
|---|---|---|---|
| Status Code: | Full | ||
| Age range: | Asbian Substage (CR) — Arnsbergian Substage (CG) | ||
| Lithological Description: | Pyroclastic rocks and related basaltic lavas, mostly alkali olivine-basalts (basanite to hawaiite) and volcaniclastic rocks. | ||
| Definition of Lower Boundary: | First occurrence of volcanic rocks above the Two Foot Coal in the West Lothian Oil-Shale Formation. | ||
| Definition of Upper Boundary: | Highest occurrence of volcanic rocks, below the Roman Cement Limestone, Passage Formation. | ||
| Thickness: | To 1000 m. | ||
| Geographical Limits: | Bathgate Hills, west of a line from NT0066 to NT0980, extending westwards underground to a point west of the Rashiehill Borehole (NS839730). | ||
| Parent Unit: | Bathgate Group (BATH) | ||
| Previous Name(s): | Bathgate Volcanic Formation
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Bathgate Lavas [Obsolete Name and Code: Use BHV] (-3215) |
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| Alternative Name(s): | none recorded or not applicable | ||
| Stratotypes: | |||
| Type Area | Natural sections in the Bathgate Hills. | ||
| Reference Section | Rashiehill Borehole (NS87SW/22), (Anderson, 1963), 2600ft (792.48m) to 3645ft (1110.99m). | ||
| Reference Section | Couston Borehole (NS97SW/99) 110 fathoms (201.17 m) to 298 fathoms (544.98 m). | ||
| Reference(s): | |||
| Dean, M T, Browne, M A E, Waters, C N and Powell, J H. 2011. A lithostratigraphical framework for the Carboniferous successions of northern Great Britain (onshore). British Geological Survey Research Report, RR/10/007. 165pp. | |||
| Anderson, F W. 1963. The Geological Survey Bore at Rashiehill, Stirlingshire (1951). Bulletin of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, No.20, 43-106. | |||
| Smith, R A, Stephenson, D and Monro, S K, 1994. The geological setting of the southern Bathgate Hills, West Lothian, Scotland. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences, Vol.84, 189-196. | |||
| Browne, M A E, Dean, M T, Hall, I H S, McAdam, A D, and Monro, S K. 1995. A review of the lithostratigraphy of the Carboniferous rocks of the Midland Valley of Scotland. BGS Technical Report WA/95/25R. | |||
| Cameron, I B. 1989. Geology for land use planning: Bathgate. British Geological Survey, Onshore Geology Series, Technical Report, WA/89/19 (NS97SE). | |||
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: | |||
| S031 S032 | |||