Skudiburgh Formation | |
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Stratigraphic range: | |
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 | ![]() |
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]