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==Knockrushen Formation [http://www.bgs.ac.uk/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?pub=KNRN (KNRN)], Carboniferous, Northern England Province ==
Knockrushen Formation is part of the [[Great Scar Limestone Group]]
=== Name ===
The name is derived from Knockrushen House, south Isle of Man. See Chadwick et al. (2001<ref name="chadwicketal01">Chadwick, R A, Jackson, D I, Barnes, R P, Kimbell, G S, Johnson, H, Chiverrell, R C, Thomas, G S P, Jones, N S, Riley, N J, Pickett, E A, Young, B, Holliday, D W, Ball, D F, Molyneux, S G, Long, D, Power, G M, and Roberts, D H.2001.The geology of the Isle of Man and its offshore area.''British Geological Survey Research Report'', RR/01/06.</ref>); Lewis (1930<ref>Lewis, H P.1930.The Avonian succession in the south of the Isle of Man.''Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London'', Vol. 86, 234–290.</ref>); Dickson et al. (1987<ref name="dicksonetal87">Dickson, J A D, Ford, T D, and Swift, A.1987.The strati-graphy of the Carboniferous rocks around Castletown, Isle of Man.''Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society'', Vol. 46, 203–229.</ref>).

=== Lithology ===
The formation comprises limestone, with interbedded subordinate claystone and siltstone at the top. Limestones vary from wackestone to fine-grained packstone; they are commonly nodular in form and argillaceous. Thin beds of black fissile claystone are also present. Siltstone is common near the base of the formation.

=== Genetic interpretation ===
The succession apparently represents an onshore marine ramp with evidence of deposition above storm wave-base (see Dickson et al., 1987<ref name="dicksonetal87" />; Chadwick et al., 2001<ref name="chadwicketal01" />).

=== Stratotype ===
A partial type section is a foreshore exposure east of Knockrushen House (SC 2584 6627 to 2653 6727) where 21.m of irregularly bedded to nodular, dark-grey, argillaceous spicular limestones (wackestones) are interbedded with black, fissile shales. There is a reference section on the foreshore by the lime kilns at Scarlett (SC 2300 6860) where the top 6 m of the formation are exposed. See Dickson et al. (1987<ref name="dicksonetal87" />).

=== Lower and upper boundaries ===
The formation overlies the Skillicore Member of the Derbyhaven Formation (Figure 8, Column 8). The basal boundary is taken immediately above a bryozoan bed, which is exposed to the north-east of the airport light gantry at Ronaldsway at about (SC 28 68), at Port St Mary at about (SC 21 67), and at Ballasalla at about (SC 28 70) (see Dickson et al., 1987 who quoted no grid references for these localities, so the boundary can be regarded as not well defined<ref name="dicksonetal87" />).

The top of the formation is also poorly defined. The wackestones and packstones of the Knockrushen Formation are overlain by the massive lime mudstones of the Hodderense Limestone Formation, Craven Group. Dickson et al. (1987<ref name="dicksonetal87" />) described the base of the Hodderense Limestone Formation as occurring close (SC 2580 6620) to the Visitor Centre at Scarlett south of the old lime kilns, where its base is taken at the lowest mottled horizon. This mottling is a result of the presence of blue or grey micrite nodules up to 3 cm in size.

=== Thickness ===
The formation is 21 m thick.

=== Distribution and regional correlation ===
The south Isle of Man, in the Castletown area.

=== Age and biostratigraphical characterisation ===
Holkerian. The formation contains the large caninioid coral ''Siphonophyllia benburbensis'' and the brachipod ''Megachonetes papilionensis''. ''Zoophycos'' burrows are common near the base.

== References ==
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[[Category:Carboniferous lithostratigraphical nomenclature]]

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