Computer Code: |
MLHS |
Preferred Map Code: |
MLHS |
Status Code: |
Full |
Age range: |
Rhuddanian Age (SR)
— Rhuddanian Age (SR) |
Lithological Description: |
Green to buff, ochreous-weathered sandstones, siltstones and mudstones. |
Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Conformably overlies the Mulloch Hill Conglomerate (MLCG). |
Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Conformably overlain by the Glenwells Shale Formation (GWSH). |
Thickness: |
Up to 240m thick. |
Geographical Limits: |
Craighead Inlier, Girvan. |
Parent Unit: |
Newlands Subgroup (NEWL)
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Previous Name(s): |
Mulloch Hill Formation [Obsolete Name And Code]
(MLH)
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Alternative Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
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Stratotypes: |
Type Section |
Around the nose of the Kirk Hill anticline, in the Craighead Inlier, Girvan, including Kirk (Mulloch) Hill. |
Reference(s): |
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. |
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. |
Lapworth, C, 1882. The Girvan Succession. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London, Vol. 38, 537-666. |
Harper, D A T, 1982. The stratigraphy of the Drummock Group (Ashgill), Girvan. Geological Journal, Vol.17, p.251-277.l. 17 251-277 |
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
S014
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