The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details
Fence Conglomerate Member
| Computer Code: | FEN | Preferred Map Code: | FEN |
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| Status Code: | Full | ||
| Age range: | Llandovery Epoch (SL) — Wenlock Epoch (SW) | ||
| Lithological Description: | Greenish grey conglomerate with small, mainly igneous, but also chert and quartzite pebbles in a coarse-grained sandstone matrix. | ||
| Definition of Lower Boundary: | Sharp incoming of conglomerate belonging to the Fence Conglomerate Member above the predominantly mudstone member of the Carmichael Burn Formation | ||
| Definition of Upper Boundary: | Top of the conglomerate beds belonging to the Fence Conglomerate Member overlain by brownish grey sandstones of the Newside Arenite Member of the Westgate Formation. | ||
| Thickness: | c.24m | ||
| Geographical Limits: | Carmichael Inlier, Lanarkshire, Scotland. | ||
| Parent Unit: | Westgate Formation (WGAT) | ||
| Previous Name(s): | Igneous Conglomerate
(IC)
Igneous Conglomerate (IC) Fence Conglomerate [Obsolete Name and Code: Use WGAT, CARM, FEN] (-3273) |
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| Alternative Name(s): | none recorded or not applicable | ||
| Stratotypes: | |||
| Partial Type Section | Exposures in the Carmichael Burn, 120m to 150m south of Carmichael Manse; 300m ENE of Crossridge farm. Rolfe, 1960 | ||
| Reference(s): | |||
| Rolfe, W D I, 1960. The Silurian inlier of Carmichael, Lanarkshire. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Vol.64, 245-260 | |||
| Read, H H, 1927. The geology of the country around Edinburgh: The Tinto district. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, London. Vol.38, 499-504 | |||
| Phillips E R, Barron, H F, Smith, R A, and Arkley, S. 2004. Composition and provenance of the Silurian to Devonian sandstone sequences of the southern Midland Valley. Scottish Journal of Geology, Vol. 40 No. 1 (2004). | |||
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: | |||
| S023 | |||