Flute casts in the base of a vertically-tilted layer of sandstone belonging to the Gawthwaite Formation of the Coniston Group near Broughton in Furness
Type
Group
Unit of
Windermere Supergroup
Sub-units
Yewbank, Moorhow, Poolscar, Latrigg and Gawthwaite formations
Underlies
Bannisdale Formation of Kendal Group
Overlies
Wray Castle Formation of Tranearth Group
Thickness
1400-1900m
Lithology
Primary
sandstone, siltstone, laminated hemipelagite
Location
Region
Northern England
Country
England
Extent
southern Lake District and north-west Pennines
Type section
Named for
Coniston
The Coniston Group is a Silurian lithostratigraphic group (a sequence of rock strata) in the southern Lake District and north-west Pennines of northern England. The name is derived from the small town of Coniston in Cumbria. The rocks of the Group have also previously been referred to as the Coniston Grits or Coniston Grits Formation and Coniston Subgroup. The group comprises sandstones and siltstones and some laminated hemipelagites which achieve a thickness of between 1400 and 1900m. Overlain by the Bannisdale Formation of the Kendal Group and underlain by the Wray Castle Formation of the Tranearth Group, it is divided into several formations. These are, in ascending order (oldest first): Wray Castle, Gawthwaite, Latrigg, Poolscar, Moorhow (or Moorhowe) and Yewbank.[1]
^"Coniston Group". The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units. British Geological Survey. Retrieved January 20, 2019.
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are grouped into 'members', members are grouped into 'formations', formations into 'groups' and groups occasionally into 'supergroups'. Some groups are...