Reston Group Explained

Reston Group
Type:Group
Age:Ludlow epoch Silurian to early Devonian epoch
Period:Paleozoic
Prilithology:conglomerates
Otherlithology:sandstones, siltstones, mudstones, volcanics
Namedfor:Reston, Scottish Borders
Country:Scotland, England
Underlies:Stratheden Group
Overlies:unconformable on lower Palaeozoic rocks
Thickness:up to 2350m
Extent:across Southern Uplands

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]

Notes and References

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