Arbuthnott-Garvock Group
| Arbuthnott-Garvock Group | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: ?Lochkovian-Pragian, (Devonian) | |
| Type | Group |
| Unit of | Old Red Sandstone Supergroup |
| Sub-units | Catterline Conglomerate, Scone Sandstone, Craighall Conglomerate, Ruchil Flagstone and Craig of Monievreckie Conglomerate formations |
| Underlies | Cromlix Mudstone Formation of Strathmore Group |
| Overlies | Crawton Volcanic Formation and other units |
| Thickness | 2400 - 3150m |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | sandstone |
| Other | mudstone, siltstone, conglomerate |
| Location | |
| Region | Argyll, Fife, Angus, Aberdeenshire |
| Country | Scotland |
| Extent | along northern margin of Central Lowlands, south of Highland Boundary Fault from Kintyre to Aberdeenshire |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Arbuthnott and Hill of Garvock near Laurencekirk, both in Aberdeenshire |
The Arbuthnott-Garvock Group (or Arbuthnot-Garvock Group) is a Devonian lithostratigraphic group (a sequence of rock strata) in central Scotland. The name is derived from the village of Arbuthnott in Aberdeenshire and the Hill of Garvock near Laurencekirk. The group comprises the previously separate overlying Garvock Group and the underlying Arbuthnott Group.