The Red Marl Group is a late Silurian to early Devonian lithostratigraphic group (a sequence of rock strata) in Wales, Staffordshire, Lancashire and Gloucestershire. The Group which was first established in the early twentieth century, includes the modern-day Temeside Mudstone, Raglan Mudstone and St Maughans formations and forms the lower part of the Old Red Sandstone.[1] The rocks of this group have also previously been known as the Red Marl.[2]
| Red Marl Group | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Pridolian (Silurian) to Pragian (Devonian) | |
| Type | Group |
| Underlies | Senni Formation |
| Thickness | circa 1100m |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | siltstones, mudstones |
| Other | sandstones |
| Location | |
| Country | Wales, England |
| Extent | Pembrokeshire to Clwyd to Staffordshire to Gloucestershire and Lancashire |
References edit
- ^ Howells, M.F. 2007 British Regional Geology: Wales (Keyworth, Nottingham. British Geological Survey) p101
- ^ http://www.bgs.ac.uk/Lexicon/lexicon.cfm?pub=RDM (BGS on-line lexicon of rock units)