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XX.—Ordovician Submarine Disturbances in the Girvan District

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 July 2012

S. M. K. Henderson
S. M. K. Henderson
Affiliation:
Geology Department, University of Glasgow.
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Investigations have been made into the conditions of sedimentation of the Ordovician rocks of the Girvan district, with special attention to a series of greywackes, the Ardwell Beds, which are remarkable for frequent intraformational disturbances and unconformities.

In presenting the evidence it is proposed to follow the stratigraphical classification of Peach and Horne (1899), who, after careful consideration, adopted Lapworth's (1882) succession, except for a few minor alterations. These authors pointed out that the Llandeilo rocks north of the River Stinchar consist of Kirkland Conglomerate, Stinchar Limestone Group, and Benan Conglomerate, while south of the river they are represented by Tappins Greywackes and Glen App Conglomerate (see table p. 488).

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Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of The Royal Society of Edinburgh , Volume 58 , Issue 2 , 1935 , pp. 487 - 509
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1935

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