Computer Code: |
CASR |
Preferred Map Code: |
CASR |
Status Code: |
Full |
Age range: |
Early Mississippian Epoch (CMIE)
— Mid Mississippian Epoch (CMIM) |
Lithological Description: |
Elongate vent filled with tuff. |
Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Intrusive. |
Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Intrusive. |
Thickness: |
Not specifically recorded: about 100 m long by 70 m wide, NNE-SSW orientated elongate intrusion, |
Geographical Limits: |
Dunbar area. |
Parent Unit: |
Lothian Subsuite [Of SSDPV] (SSDLO)
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Previous Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
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Alternative Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
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Stratotypes: |
Type Section |
North side of the entrance to New (Victoria) Harbour, Dunbar. |
Reference(s): |
Francis, E H. 1962. Volcanic neck emplacement and subsidence structures at Dunbar, south-east Scotland. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Vol. 65, 41-58. |
McAdam, A D and Clarkson, E N K. 1996. Lothian Geology: an Excursion Guide. Edinburgh Geological Society, 2nd edition. |
Craig, G Y, Duff P, McL, D. 1975. The geology of the Lothians and south-east Scotland. (Edinburgh: Scottish Academic Press.) |
Clough, C T, Barrow, G, Crampton, C B, Maufe, H B, Anderson, E M and Bailey, E B . 1910. The geology of East Lothian (2nd edition). Memoir of the Geological Survey, Scotland, Sheets 33 and parts of 34 and 41. |
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
S033
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