The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

Old Red Sandstone Supergroup

Computer Code: ORS Preferred Map Code: notEntered
Status Code: Pending Upgrade
Age range: Pridoli Epoch (SO) — Late Devonian Epoch (DU)
Lithological Description: none recorded or not applicable
Definition of Lower Boundary: none recorded or not applicable
Definition of Upper Boundary: none recorded or not applicable
Thickness: none recorded or not applicable
Geographical Limits: none recorded or not applicable
Parent Unit: Not Applicable (-)
Previous Name(s): Orcadian Old Red Sandstone Supergroup [Obsolete: Subsumed Within The ORS] (OORS)
Alternative Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Stratotypes:
none recorded or not applicable
Reference(s):
Waters, C N, Smith, K, Hopson, P M, Wilson, D, Bridge, D M, Carney, J N, Cooper, A H, Crofts, R G, Ellison, R A, Mathers, S J, Moorlock, B S P, Scrivener, R C, McMillan, A A, Ambrose, K, Barclay, W J, and Barron, A J M. 2007. Stratigraphical Chart of the United Kingdom: Southern Britain. British Geological Survey, 1 poster. 
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used:
E231 E232 E234 E233 E029 E188 E202 E253 E256 E257 S036 S084 S094 S094 S045 S096 S062 S063 S073 S073 S076 S077 S044 S083 S086 S093 S093 S053 S096 S109 S109 S115 S115 S120 S119 S119 S117 S117 S116 S121 S122 S086 S087 S087 S097 S103 S103 S108 S110 S116 E001 E002 S114