Skudiburgh Formation

The Skudiburgh Formation is a geological formation in Scotland and the uppermost unit of the Great Estuarine Group, it is late Bathonian in age. The lithology largely consists of red and grey-green silty mudstone with lenticular siltstone and sandstone beds. ^[1]

Skudiburgh Formation
Stratigraphic range: Late Bathonian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Type	Geological formation
Unit of	Great Estuarine Group
Underlies	Staffin Bay Formation
Overlies	Kilmaluag Formation
Thickness	up to 16 metres (50 ft)
Lithology
Primary	Mudstone
Other	Siltstone, Sandstone
Location
Region	Europe
Country	Scotland
Extent	Inner Hebrides