Skudiburgh Formation

Skudiburgh Formation
Stratigraphic range: Late Bathonian
Type Geological formation
Unit of Great Estuarine Group
Underlies Staffin Bay Formation
Overlies Kilmaluag Formation
Thickness up to 16 metres (50 ft)
Lithology
Primary Mudstone
Other Siltstone, Sandstone
Location
Region Europe
Country  Scotland
Extent Inner Hebrides

The Skudiburgh Formation is a geological formation in Scotland and the uppermost unit of the Great Estuarine Group, it is late Bathonian in age. The lithology largely consists of red and grey-green silty mudstone with lenticular siltstone and sandstone beds. [1]

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