Kendal Group

Kendal Group
Stratigraphic range: Ludlow to Pridoli epochs of Silurian
Kendal Group; Stratigraphic range: Ludlow to Pridoli epochs of Silurian
Type	Group
Unit of	Windermere Supergroup
Sub-units	Bannisdale Formation and Kirkby Moor Flags
Underlies	unonformity with Devonian and Carboniferous rocks
Overlies	Coniston Group
Thickness	possibly in excess of 4200m
Lithology
Primary	siltstone, mudstone
Other	turbiditic sandstone
Location
Region	Northern England
Country	England
Extent	southern Lake District and Howgill Fells
Type section
Named for	Kendal

The Kendal Group is a Silurian lithostratigraphic group (a sequence of rock strata) in the southern Lake District and the Howgill Fells of northern England. The name is derived from the town of Kendal in Cumbria. The Group is included within the Windermere Supergroup. The group comprises couplets of siltstone and mudstone along with some turbiditic sandstones and which may exceed a thickness of 4200m. Its lower unit is the Bannisdale Formation above which is the Kirkby Moor Formation.^[1] Some of the rocks of the latter were earlier included in the Underbarrow and Scout Hill Flag formations.^[2]

References[]

^ "Kendal Group". The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units. British Geological Survey. Retrieved January 20, 2019.
^ "Kirkby Moor Formation". The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units. British Geological Survey. Retrieved January 20, 2019.

The Geological Society (2006). Brenchley, P.J. (ed.). The Geology of England (2. ed.). London: Geological Society Publishing. pp. 124, 127–129. ISBN 9781862392007.