Riccarton Group
Stratigraphic range: Wenlock Silurian

Type| Group
Overlies| Carghidown Formation (faulted contact)
Thickness| c500m
Lithology
Primary| greywackes
Other| mudstones, siltstones
Location
Region| southern Scotland, northern England
Country| United kingdom
Type section
Named for| Riccarton

The Riccarton Group is a Silurian lithostratigraphic group (a sequence of rock strata) in southern Scotland and northern England . The name is derived from Riccarton in the Edinburgh area. The rocks of the Riccarton Group have also previously been known as the Riccarton Formation and the Riccarton and Raeberry Castle Beds.[1] The Group comprises around 500m thickness of greywackes, mudstones and siltstones which are faulted and folded.

## References

1. ↑ "Riccarton Group". The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units. British Geological Survey. http://www.bgs.ac.uk/Lexicon/lexicon.cfm?pub=RCN. Retrieved August 8, 2016.

* London, G.J.H. Oliver. The Geological Society (2002). Trewin, N.H.. ed. The Geology of Scotland. (4. ed.). London: Geological Society Publishing. pp. 189, 190. ISBN 9781862391260.

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