Type Group Thickness 1800 - 2400m Country Scotland Overlies Arbuthnott-Garvock Group | Underlies not seen Region Central Lowlands Named for Strath, Angus Primary Sandstone, Siltstone | |
Other mudstone, conglomerates | ||
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.
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