Strathmore Group Explained

Strathmore Group
Type:Group
Age:Emsian
Period:Devonian
Prilithology:sandstone, siltstone
Otherlithology:mudstone, conglomerates
Namedfor:Strathmore, Angus
Region:Central Lowlands
Country:Scotland
Underlies:not seen
Overlies:Arbuthnott-Garvock Group
Thickness:1800 - 2400m

The Strathmore Group is a Devonian lithostratigraphic group (a sequence of rock strata) in central Scotland. Its sandstones are interbedded with siltstones which interfinger with conglomerates. It is encountered from Arran in the west across the Midland Valley to Stonehaven in the east. The name is derived from Strathmore, Angus where this sequence occupies the axis of the Strathmore Syncline which runs for many tens of miles parallel to and south of the Highland Boundary Fault. The rocks of the Strathmore Group have also previously been referred to as the Strathmore Beds.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Strathmore Group . The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units . British Geological Survey . October 13, 2016.