Computer Code: |
CATH |
Preferred Map Code: |
CATH |
Status Code: |
Full |
Age range: |
Pridoli Epoch (SO)
— Early Devonian Epoch (DL) |
Lithological Description: |
Elongate microgranodiorite intrusion with porphyritic microdiorite dyke on northern margin. |
Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Intrusive contact. |
Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Intrusive contact. |
Thickness: |
c.0.5 square km in total area (c.3km long x 0.2km wide). |
Geographical Limits: |
Creetown area of southwest Scotland. |
Parent Unit: |
Galloway Granitic Suite (GALGR)
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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: |
Reference Section |
c.2km south of Creetown. Barnes, in prep. |
Reference(s): |
Barnes, R P. 2008. Geology of the Whithorn, Kirkcowan and Wigtown district. Memoir of the British Geological Survey, Sheets 2, 4W and 4E, Scotland. |
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
S004
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