Kendal Group Explained

Kendal Group
Type:Group
Age:Ludlow to Pridoli epochs of Silurian
Prilithology:siltstone, mudstone
Otherlithology:turbiditic sandstone
Namedfor:Kendal
Region:Northern England
Country:England
Unitof:Windermere Supergroup
Subunits:Bannisdale Formation and Kirkby Moor Flags
Underlies:unonformity with Devonian and Carboniferous rocks
Overlies:Coniston Group
Thickness:possibly in excess of 4200m
Extent:southern Lake District and Howgill Fells

The Kendal Group is a Silurian lithostratigraphic group (a sequence of rock strata) in the southern Lake District and the Howgill Fells of northern England. The name is derived from the town of Kendal in Cumbria. The Group is included within the Windermere Supergroup. The group comprises couplets of siltstone and mudstone along with some turbiditic sandstones and which may exceed a thickness of 4200m. Its lower unit is the Bannisdale Formation above which is the Kirkby Moor Formation.[1] Some of the rocks of the latter were earlier included in the Underbarrow and Scout Hill Flag formations.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kendal Group . The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units . British Geological Survey . January 20, 2019.
  2. Web site: Kirkby Moor Formation . The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units . British Geological Survey . January 20, 2019.