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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]
Locharbriggs Sandstone Formation | |
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Stratigraphic range: Cisuralian | |
Type | Geological formation |
Unit of | Stewartry Group |
Underlies | Doweel Breccia Formation |
Overlies | unconformity on Lower Paleozoic |
Area | Dumfries Basin, North Solway Basin |
Thickness | 1000 m |
Lithology | |
Primary | Sandstone |
Location | |
Country | Scotland |
Type section | |
Named for | Locharbriggs |
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