The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

Glenwells Conglomerate Formation

Computer Code: GWC Preferred Map Code: GWC
Status Code: Full
Age range: Aeronian Age (SA) — Aeronian Age (SA)
Lithological Description: A poorly-sorted conglomerate with pebbles at least 8 cm in diamete, interbedded with coarse-grained sandstones.
Definition of Lower Boundary: Conformably overlies the Glenwells Shale Formation.
Definition of Upper Boundary: Conformably overlain by the Newlands Farm Formation.
Thickness: About 100 m thick.
Geographical Limits: Craighead Inlier, Girvan.
Parent Unit: Newlands Subgroup (NEWL)
Previous Name(s): Newlands Formation (lower part) [Obsolete Name and Code: Use GWC] (-2223)
Alternative Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Stratotypes:
Type Section  Glenwells Burn, Craighead Inlier, Girvan. 
Reference(s):
Floyd, J D and Williams, M. 2003. A revised correlation of Silurian rocks in the Girvan district, SW Scotland. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences, Vol. 93 (for 2002), 383-92. 
Cocks, L R M and Toghill, P, 1973. The biostratigraphy of the Silurian rocks of the Girvan District, Scotland. Journal of the Geological Society of London, Vol. 129, 209-243. 
Lapworth, C, 1882. The Girvan Succession. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London, Vol. 38, 537-666. 
Freshney, E C. 1959. An extension of the Silurian succession in the Craighead Inlier, Girvan. Transactions of the Geological Society of Glasghow, Vol. 24, 27-31. 
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used:
S014