The Great Scar Limestone Group is a lithostratigraphical term referring to a succession of generally fossiliferous rock strata which occur in the Pennines in northern England and in the Isle of Man within the Tournaisian and Visean stages of the Carboniferous Period.
It is contained within the Carboniferous Limestone Supergroup.[1]
^"Great Scar Limestone Group". The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units. British Geological Survey. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
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