Skudiburgh Formation | |
Period: | Bathonian |
Type: | Geological formation |
Prilithology: | Mudstone |
Otherlithology: | Siltstone, Sandstone |
Unitof: | Great Estuarine Group |
Underlies: | Staffin Bay Formation |
Overlies: | Kilmaluag Formation |
Thickness: | up to 16m (52feet) |
Region: | Europe |
Extent: | Inner Hebrides |
The Skudiburgh Formation is a geological formation in Scotland and the uppermost unit of the Great Estuarine Group, it is late Bathonian in age. The lithology largely consists of red and grey-green silty mudstone with lenticular siltstone and sandstone beds. [1]