The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details
Corsewall Formation
Computer Code: | CLG | Preferred Map Code: | CLG |
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Status Code: | Full | ||
Age range: | Caradoc Series (O4) — Caradoc Series (O4) | ||
Lithological Description: | Boulder conglomerate and wacke turbidite unit. | ||
Definition of Lower Boundary: | Not seen (Faulted: Glen App fault west of Loch Ryan). | ||
Definition of Upper Boundary: | Not seen (faulted). | ||
Thickness: | c.1700m | ||
Geographical Limits: | Southern Uplands, south Scotland. | ||
Parent Unit: | Tappins Group (TAP) | ||
Previous Name(s): | Corsewall Group [Obsolete Name and Code: Use CLG]
(-4548)
Glen App Group [Obsolete Name And Code: Use CLG] (GAP) |
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Alternative Name(s): | none recorded or not applicable | ||
Stratotypes: | |||
Type Section | Coast section, Rhins of Galloway. | ||
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. | |||
Floyd, J D, and Kimbell, G S. 1995. Magnetic and tectonostratigraphic correlation at a terrane boundary: the Tappins Group of the Southern Uplands. Geological Magazine, 132, 515-21. | |||
Kelling, G. 1960. The stratigraphy and structure of the Ordovician rocks of the Rhinns of Galloway. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society, Vol.117, 37-75. | |||
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: | |||
S007 S001 S003 |