The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details
Downie Point Conglomerate Member
Computer Code: | DPCO | Preferred Map Code: | DPCO |
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Status Code: | Full | ||
Age range: | Silurian Period (S) — Early Devonian Epoch (DL) | ||
Lithological Description: | A conglomerate with rounded clasts up to 0.6m across, mainly of 'Highland' provenance. | ||
Definition of Lower Boundary: | At the base of the lowest thick development of cobble conglomerate at Stonehaven Bay overlying brown and grey sandstones of the Carron Sandstone Formation. | ||
Definition of Upper Boundary: | The base of the Strathlethan Sandstone Member, which is base of the lowest volcaniclastic sandstone bed, resting on conglomerate. | ||
Thickness: | Up to 225 m thick. | ||
Geographical Limits: | Stonehaven area. | ||
Parent Unit: | Dunnottar Castle Conglomerate Formation (DRCC) | ||
Previous Name(s): | Downie Point Conglomerate Formation [Obsolete Name and Code: Use DPCO, DRCC]
(-4618)
Downie Point Conglomerate [Obsolete Name and Code: Use DPCO] (-3370) |
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Alternative Name(s): | none recorded or not applicable | ||
Stratotypes: | |||
Type Section | The coastal and cliff section south of Stonehaven. | ||
Reference(s): | |||
Armstrong, M, and Paterson, I B. 1970. The Lower Old Red Sandstone of the Strathmore Region. Report of the Institute of Geological Sciences No. 70/12 | |||
Browne, M A E, Smith, R A, and Aitken, A M. 2002. Stratigraphical framework for the Devonian (Old Red Sandstone) rocks of Scotland south of a line from Fort William to Aberdeen. British Geological Survey Research Report RR/01/04. 67 pp. | |||
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: | |||
S067 |