Great Scar Limestone Group

The Great Scar Limestone Group is a lithostratigraphical term referring to a succession of generally fossiliferous rock strata which occur in the Pennines in northern England and in the Isle of Man within the Tournaisian and Visean stages of the Carboniferous Period.

Great Scar Limestone Group
Stratigraphic range: Arundian-Brigantian
TypeGroup
Unit ofCarboniferous Limestone Supergroup
Sub-unitsSee text
UnderliesYoredale Group
OverliesRavenstonedale Group
ThicknessUp to 800 m (2,600 ft)
Lithology
PrimaryLimestone
OtherMudstone, siltstone, sandstone
Location
RegionEngland
Country United Kingdom
ExtentPennines to Isle of Man

It is contained within the Carboniferous Limestone Supergroup.[1]

Basinal successions

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Stainmore Trough

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The sequence in the Stainmore Trough is thus (youngest at top):

On the Alston Block corresponding to the North Pennines, the sequence contains the Melmerby Scar Limestone Formation.

Orton area

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In the Orton area, the sequence is:

Kendal, Skelsmergh and Deepslack outliers

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In south Cumbria, the sequence is:[2]

Isle of Man

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On the Isle of Man, the following sequence is identified in the Castletown area:[3][4]

  • Knockcrushen Formation (wackestones, packstones and mudstones; of Holkerian age)
  • Derbyhaven Formation (packstones and mudstones with some mudstones and siltstones; of Arundian age)
    • Skillicore Member
    • Sandwick Member
    • Turkeyland Member

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Great Scar Limestone Group". The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units. British Geological Survey. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
  2. ^ 1:50,000 Geology Series England and Wales Sheet 28 Whitehaven Bedrock. British Geological Survey. 2004. ISBN 0751831603.
  3. ^ Stone, P; Millward, D; Young, B; Merritt, J W; Clarke, S M; McCormac, M; Lawrence, D J D (2010). British Regional Geology: Northern England. British Geological Survey, NERC. pp. 124–126. ISBN 9780852726525.
  4. ^ Isle of Man solid and drift geology 1:50,000 scale. British Geological Survey, NERC. 2001. ISBN 0751833266.