The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

Buchan Ridge Gravel Member

Computer Code: BURG Preferred Map Code: notEntered
Status Code: Full
Age range: Miocene Epoch (NM) — Quaternary Period (Q)
Lithological Description: Well rounded cobble gravel composed of flint and white quartzite in a white sandy kaolinitic clay matrix.
Definition of Lower Boundary: Unconformable, on Moreseat Sandstone Formation, Smallburn Sandstone Formation or deeply weathered crystalline basement.
Definition of Upper Boundary: It is present at ground surface or lies unconformably beneath till or head.
Thickness: At least 25 m.
Geographical Limits: Northeast Scotland.
Parent Unit: Buchan Gravels Formation (BUG)
Previous Name(s): Buchan Gravels Member [Obsolete Name and Code: Use BURG] (-3881)
Alternative Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Stratotypes:
Reference Section  Borehole NK04SE/6. McMillan and Aitken, 1981. 
Reference Section  Borehole NK04SW/3. McMillan and Aitken, 1981. 
Reference(s):
McMillan, A A, Hamblin, R J O, and Merritt, J W. 2011. A lithostratigraphical framework for onshore Quaternary and Neogene (Tertiary) superficial deposits of Great Britain and the Isle of Man. British Geological Survey Research Report, RR/10/03. 343pp. 
McMillan, A A and Aitken, A M. 1981. The sand and gravel resources of the country west of Peterhead, Grampian Region. Description of 1:25 000 sheet NK 04 and parts of NJ 94, 95 and NK 05, 14, and 15. Mineral Assessment Report of the Institute of Geological Sciences, No 58. 
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used:
S086 S087 S087