Computer Code: |
FCYSI |
Preferred Map Code: |
notEntered |
Status Code: |
Pending Upgrade |
Age range: |
Callovian Age (JC)
— Callovian Age (JC) |
Lithological Description: |
Siltstone. |
Definition of Lower Boundary: |
none recorded or not applicable
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Definition of Upper Boundary: |
none recorded or not applicable
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Thickness: |
c.34m |
Geographical Limits: |
Brora area, eastern Scotland. |
Parent Unit: |
Clynekirkton Sandstone Formation (CYK)
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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 |
The foreshore [NC 909 031] south of the River Brora estuary includes the type section of the Fascally Siltstone Member (Sykes, 1975). |
Reference(s): |
Barron, A J M, Lott, G K, and Riding, J B. 2012. Stratigraphical framework for the Middle Jurassic strata of Great Britain and the adjoining continental shelf. British Geological Survey Research Report RR/11/06. |
Sykes, R M. 1975. The stratigraphy of the Callovian and Oxfordian stages (Middle-Upper Jurassic) in northern Scotland. Scottish Journal of Geology, Vol.11, 51-78. |
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
none recorded or not applicable |