New Cumnock district - Sheet Explanation for sheet S15W [Book]
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Sheet Explanations provide a brief description and interpretation of the geology of the relevant BGS 1:50 000 scale map sheet area. More detailed geological information for the same area is available via the Sheet Descriptions.
Sheet Explanations are printed A5 booklets and are available either singly, or as a pack together with the relevant 1:50 000 scale map, where this map is available.
The New Cumnock district is divided into the Midland Valley and Southern Uplands terranes by the Southern Upland Fault. The Midland Valley terrane lies north of the fault and is occupied predominantly by Upper Palaeozoic rocks forming rolling hills and moorland with the lower ground around New Cumnock and Muirkirk underlain by coal-bearing rocks. The higher ground of the Southern Uplands terrane is mainly formed of Lower Palaeozoic rocks interrupted by an Upper Carboniferous outlier north-west of Sanquhar. The main population centres are the towns of Muirkirk, New Cumnock and Sanquhar, and a few villages such as Kirkconnel. These are widely scattered and are separated by areas of agricultural land and wide expanses of moorland.
[Book]
Author Smith, R.A.
Format Book
ISBN 0852723377
Sheet(s) Covered S015W
Year Published 1999
