Strathmore Group

Strathmore Group Stratigraphic range: Emsian, Late Devonian epoch
Type	Group
Underlies	not seen
Overlies	Arbuthnott-Garvock Group
Thickness	1800 - 2400m
Lithology
Primary	sandstone, siltstone
Other	mudstone, conglomerates
Location
Region	Central Lowlands
Country	Scotland
Type section
Named for	Strathmore, Angus

The Strathmore Group is a Devonian lithostratigraphic group (a sequence of rock strata) in central Scotland. Its sandstones are interbedded with siltstones which interfinger with conglomerates. It is encountered from Arran in the west across the Midland Valley to Stonehaven in the east. The name is derived from Strathmore, Angus where this sequence occupies the axis of the Strathmore Syncline which runs for many tens of miles parallel to and south of the Highland Boundary Fault. The rocks of the Strathmore Group have also previously been referred to as the Strathmore Beds.^[1]

References

1. "Stratheden Group". The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units. British Geological Survey. Retrieved October 13, 2016.

• N.H. Trewin. & M.F. Thirlwall The Geological Society (2002). Trewin, N.H., ed. The Geology of Scotland. (4. ed.). London: Geological Society Publishing. pp. 222–223. ISBN 9781862391260.