Riccarton_Group

Riccarton Group

Riccarton Group

Geologic group in Great Britain

The Riccarton Group is a Silurian lithostratigraphic group (a sequence of rock strata) in southern Scotland and northern England. The name is derived from Riccarton in the Edinburgh area. The rocks of the Riccarton Group have also previously been known as the Riccarton Formation and the Riccarton and Raeberry Castle Beds.[1] The Group comprises around 500m thickness of greywackes, mudstones and siltstones which are faulted and folded.

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    "Riccarton Group". The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units. British Geological Survey. Retrieved August 8, 2016.
  • London, G.J.H. Oliver. The Geological Society (2002). Trewin, N.H. (ed.). The Geology of Scotland (4. ed.). London: Geological Society Publishing. pp. 189, 190. ISBN 9781862391260.
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