Earth:Reston Group
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| Reston Group Stratigraphic range: Ludlow epoch Silurian to early Devonian epoch | |
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| Type | Group |
| Underlies | Stratheden Group |
| Overlies | unconformable on lower Palaeozoic rocks |
| Thickness | up to 2350m |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | conglomerates |
| Other | sandstones, siltstones, mudstones, volcanics |
| Location | |
| Country | Scotland, England |
| Extent | across Southern Uplands |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Reston, Scottish Borders |
The Reston Group is a Silurian to Devonian lithostratigraphic group (a sequence of rock strata) in the Southern Uplands terrane of southern Scotland and northernmost England . The name is derived from Reston in the Scottish Borders. The rocks of the Reston Group have also previously been referred to as 'Lower Old Red Sandstone and Lavas'[1]
References
- ↑ "Reston Group". The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units. British Geological Survey. http://www.bgs.ac.uk/Lexicon/lexicon.cfm?pub=REST. Retrieved August 8, 2016.
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