Locharbriggs Sandstone Formation

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Locharbriggs Sandstone Formation
Stratigraphic range: Cisuralian
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Locharbriggs Sandstone Formation
Type Geological formation
Unit of Stewartry Group
Underlies Doweel Breccia Formation
Overlies unconformity on Lower Paleozoic
Area Dumfries Basin, North Solway Basin
Thickness1000 m
Lithology
PrimarySandstone
Location
CountryScotland
Type section
Named for Locharbriggs

The Locharbriggs Sandstone Formation is a formation of Cisuralian age (Early Permian). It consists of a 1000 m thick sequence of very well-sorted aeolian sandstones, with well developed dune cross-bedding. [1] The sandstone was used as a building stone in Dumfries, Edinburgh, Glasgow and New York (including the steps of the Statue of Liberty). [2]

References

  1. British Geological Survey. "Locharbriggs Sandstone Formation". BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
  2. Gazetteer for Scotland. "Locharbriggs, Dumfries and Galloway" . Retrieved 1 June 2019.