Border Group Explained

Border Group
Type:Group
Age:Chadian to Holkerian substages of Carboniferous
Prilithology:sandstones
Otherlithology:siltstone, limestone, dolomite, conglomerate, basalt
Namedfor:Scottish Borders
Country:Scotland, England
Subunits:Lyne and Fell Sandstone formations, Kershopefoot Basalt Beds
Underlies:Yoredale Group
Overlies:Inverclyde Group
Thickness:more than 1350m
Extent:Northumberland and Solway basins

The Border Group is a Carboniferous lithostratigraphic group (a sequence of rock strata) in southern Scotland and northernmost England. The name is derived from the Scottish Borders region. The rocks of the Border Group have also previously been referred to as the Lower, Middle and Upper Border groups.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Border Group . The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units . British Geological Survey . August 8, 2016.