The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details
Knox Pulpit Sandstone Formation
| Computer Code: | KPF | Preferred Map Code: | notEntered |
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| Status Code: | Full | ||
| Age range: | Late Devonian Epoch (DU) — Late Devonian Epoch (DU) | ||
| Lithological Description: | A soft, weakly-cemented, white, feldspathic sandstone, characterised by a marked variation in grain-size between adjacent laminae. The Knox Pulpit Sandstone Formation is probably continuous with the redundant Kemback Formation. | ||
| Definition of Lower Boundary: | Passes downwards into the Glenvale Sandstone Formation, or the Dura Den Member in the Cupar area. The formation is distinguished from those adjacent by characteristic sedimentary structures. | ||
| Definition of Upper Boundary: | Drawn at the conformable upward passage from the white or cream sandstones of the Knox Pulpit Sandstone Formation to the white, yellow or brown sandstones of the Kinnesswood Formation. | ||
| Thickness: | Up to 180m thick in the Lomond Hills area. | ||
| Geographical Limits: | The Fife and Kinross area of the Midland Valley of Scotland, on sheets 40, 48, 49. | ||
| Parent Unit: | Stratheden Group (SAG) | ||
| Previous Name(s): | Gargunnock Sandstone [Obsolete Name And Code: Use KPF for the top part, SCK for the lower part]
(GKS)
Knox Pulpit Formation [Obsolete Name and Code: Use KPF] (-2273) |
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| Alternative Name(s): | none recorded or not applicable | ||
| Stratotypes: | |||
| Type Area | John Knox's Pulpit, Lomond Hills, Fife, Scotland. | ||
| Type Section | Glen Burn, Lomond Hills, Fife, Scotland. | ||
| Reference(s): | |||
| Paterson, I B and Hall, I H S. 1986. Lithostratigraphy of the late Devonian and early Carboniferous rocks in the Midland Valley of Scotland. British Geological Survey Report, 18/3. | |||
| Browne, M A E, Smith, R A, and Aitken, A M. 2002. Stratigraphical framework for the Devonian (Old Red Sandstone) rocks of Scotland south of a line from Fort William to Aberdeen. British Geological Survey Research Report RR/01/04. 67 pp. | |||
| Chisholm, J I and Dean, J M, 1974. The Upper Old Red Sandstone of Fife and Kinross: A fluviatile sequence with evidence of marine incursion. Scottish Journal of Geology, Vol. 10, 1-30. | |||
| Cameron, I B and Stephenson, D, 1985. British Regional Geology: The Midland Valley of Scotland (3rd Edition). (London: HMSO for British Geological Survey). | |||
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: | |||
| S040 S048 S049 S048 S039 S040 | |||