The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details
Kirkbean Cementstone Member
| Computer Code: | KICM | Preferred Map Code: | KICM |
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| Status Code: | Full | ||
| Age range: | Courceyan Substage (CF) — Courceyan Substage (CF) | ||
| Lithological Description: | Thinly interbedded greenish-grey carbonaceous siltstone and argillaceous limestone (cementstone). | ||
| Definition of Lower Boundary: | Rests on basalt lavas of the Birrenswark Volcanic Formation. | ||
| Definition of Upper Boundary: | Not exposed, probably gradational with the Southerness Limestone Formation. | ||
| Thickness: | >100m | ||
| Geographical Limits: | Kirkbean area, Southerness, Kirkcudbrightshire, south-western Scotland, (Southern Uplands). | ||
| Parent Unit: | Ballagan Formation (BGN) | ||
| Previous Name(s): | Kirkbean Cementstone Formation [Obsolete Name and Code: Use KICM]
(-4120)
Basal Cementstones [Obsolete Name and Code: Use KICM] (-344) Kirkbean Member [Obsolete Name and Code: Use KICM] (-345) |
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| Alternative Name(s): | none recorded or not applicable | ||
| Stratotypes: | |||
| Type Section | Kirkbean Glen, Kirkbean, Kirkcudbrightshire. | ||
| Reference(s): | |||
| Craig, G Y. 1956. The Lower Carboniferous outlier of Kirkbean, Kirkcudbrightshire. Transactions of the Geological Society of Glasgow, Vol. 22, 113 - 132. | |||
| 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. | |||
| Deegan, C E. 1970. The petrology and sedimentology of the Lower Carboniferous rocks between White Port and Kirkbean, Kirkcudbrightshire. University of Wales, Aberystwyth PhD Thesis (unpublished). | |||
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: | |||
| S006 S005 S006 S005 S010 S010 | |||