Kendal Group

Kendal Group
Stratigraphic range: Ludlow to Pridoli epochs of Silurian
TypeGroup
Unit ofWindermere Supergroup
Sub-unitsBannisdale Formation and Kirkby Moor Flags
Underliesunonformity with Devonian and Carboniferous rocks
OverliesConiston Group
Thicknesspossibly in excess of 4200m
Lithology
Primarysiltstone, mudstone
Otherturbiditic sandstone
Location
RegionNorthern England
CountryEngland
Extentsouthern Lake District and Howgill Fells
Type section
Named forKendal

The Kendal Group is a Silurian lithostratigraphic group (a sequence of rock strata) in the southern Lake District and the Howgill Fells of northern England. The name is derived from the town of Kendal in Cumbria. The Group is included within the Windermere Supergroup. The group comprises couplets of siltstone and mudstone along with some turbiditic sandstones and which may exceed a thickness of 4200m. Its lower unit is the Bannisdale Formation above which is the Kirkby Moor Formation.[1] Some of the rocks of the latter were earlier included in the Underbarrow and Scout Hill Flag formations.[2]

  1. ^ "Kendal Group". The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units. British Geological Survey. Retrieved January 20, 2019.
  2. ^ "Kirkby Moor Formation". The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units. British Geological Survey. Retrieved January 20, 2019.