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area. The rocks of the Riccarton Group have also previously been known as the Riccarton Formation and the Riccarton and Raeberry Castle Beds. The Group comprises around 500m thickness of greywackes, mudstones and siltstones which are faulted and folded.
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London, G.J.H. Oliver. The Geological Society (2002). Trewin, N.H. (ed.).
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Index

Stratigraphic range
Silurian
Group
Carghidown Formation
greywackes
mudstones
siltstones
Scotland
England
Riccarton
Silurian
lithostratigraphic
group
rock strata
Scotland
England
Riccarton
Edinburgh
"Riccarton Group"
ISBN
9781862391260
Categories
Silurian System of Europe
Geology of England
Geology of Scotland
Geological groups of the United Kingdom
Geologic formations of the United Kingdom

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