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Palaeogeographic significance of pedogenic carbonates in the topmost Upper Old Red Sandstone of the Scottish border basin
Author(s) -
Leeder M. R.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
geological journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.721
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1099-1034
pISSN - 0072-1050
DOI - 10.1002/gj.3350110103
Subject(s) - geology , outcrop , red beds , lava , sedimentary depositional environment , structural basin , paleontology , alluvium , alluvial fan , carbonate , pedogenesis , geochemistry , geomorphology , volcano , materials science , metallurgy , soil science , soil water
The alluvial depositional surface of the Scottish Border Basin in youngest Upper Old Red Sandstone times is thought to have been dissected and subsequently disrupted and buried as an effect of magma formation and lava eruption. Lengthy periods of surface stability occurred during these events, as implied by the occurrence of up to two thick carbonate palaeosols over much of the Old Red outcrop.