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Eaglesham Lava Member (EMLA), Dunlop-Eaglesham Block, Carboniferous, Midland Valley of Scotland

The Eaglesham Lava Member is part of the Clyde Plateau Volcanic Formation.

Name

Previously named the Eaglesham lavas. See MacPherson and Phillips (1997)[1]; Phillips and MacPherson (1996)[2]; MacPherson et al. (2000)[3].

Lithology

The Eaglesham Lava Member is dominated by alkali basalt, but also includes basanite and feldspar-phyric trachybasalt. One trachytic flow is known.

Stratotype

The type area is the Dunlop–Eaglesham moors between Glasgow, Kilmarnock and Hamilton, in the eastern part of the area between Newton Mearns (NS 5750 5180) and Eaglesham (NS 5360 5570).

Lower and upper boundaries

The base is apparently conformable on the Moyne Moor Lava Member that consists predominantly of trachybasalt but may locally be unconformable.

The member is overlain by the Dumdruff Hill Lava Member. The contact is considered conformable.

Thickness

Up to 250 m.

Distribution and regional correlation

Dunlop–Eaglesham moors between Glasgow, Kilmarnock and Hamilton, in the eastern part of the area between Newton Mearns (NS 5750 5180) and Eaglesham (NS 5360 5570).

Age

Mid Visean (Arundian to Asbian).

References

  1. MacPherson, K A T, and Phillips, E R. 1997. The geology of the Clyde Plateau Volcanic Formation of the Kilmarnock district (Sheet 22E), central Scotland. British Geological Survey Technical Report, WA/97/88
  2. Phillips, E R, and Macpherson, K A T. 1996. Petrology, geochemistry and classification of the Clyde Plateau Volcanic Formation, Kilmarnock district (Sheet 22), Midland Valley, Scotland. British Geological Survey Technical Report, WG/96/24
  3. MacPherson, K A T, Smith, R A, and Akhurst, M C. 2000. Geology of the Kilmarnock district. Sheet description of the British Geological Survey, Sheet 22E (Scotland)