Earth:Locharbriggs Sandstone Formation
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| Locharbriggs Sandstone Formation Stratigraphic range: Cisuralian | |
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 Locharbriggs Sandstone Formation | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Unit of | Stewartry Group |
| Underlies | Doweel Breccia Formation |
| Overlies | unconformity on Lower Paleozoic |
| Area | Dumfries Basin, North Solway Basin |
| Thickness | 1000 m |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Sandstone |
| Location | |
| Country | Scotland |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Locharbriggs |
The Locharbriggs Sandstone Formation is a formation of Cisuralian age (Early Permian). It consists of a 1000 m thick sequence of very well-sorted aeolian sandstones, with well developed dune cross-bedding.[1] The sandstone was used as a building stone in Dumfries, Edinburgh, Glasgow and New York (including the steps of the Statue of Liberty).[2]
References
- ↑ British Geological Survey. "Locharbriggs Sandstone Formation". https://www.bgs.ac.uk/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?pub=LCH.
- ↑ Gazetteer for Scotland. "Locharbriggs, Dumfries and Galloway". https://www.scottish-places.info/towns/townfirst355.html.
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