The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details
Maiden Pap Sandstone Formation
| Computer Code: | MPSA | Preferred Map Code: | LmCo |
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| Status Code: | Full | ||
| Age range: | Eifelian Age (DI) — Eifelian Age (DI) | ||
| Lithological Description: | Sandstone, flaggy, felspathic, red. | ||
| Definition of Lower Boundary: | Unconformable on the Breamore Mudstone Formation and Ousdale Arkose Formation; basal conglomerate (Little Morven Conglomerate Member) locally developed. | ||
| Definition of Upper Boundary: | Overlain by conglomerate and sandstone of the Morven Conglomerate Formation. | ||
| Thickness: | c.300m | ||
| Geographical Limits: | BGS Scotland Sheet 109E (Kildonan). | ||
| Parent Unit: | Caithness Flagstone Group (CNFL) | ||
| Previous Name(s): | Maiden Pap Sandstone [Obsolete Name and Code: Use MPSA]
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Maiden Pap Conglomerate Formation [Obsolete Name And Code: Use MPSA] (MAPA) |
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| Alternative Name(s): | none recorded or not applicable | ||
| Stratotypes: | |||
| Type Area | Maiden Pap, Sutherland, c.12km east of Dunbeath H H Read, 1931, p.202. | ||
| Reference(s): | |||
| Read, H H, 1931. The geology of Central Sutherland. Memoir of the Geological Survey of Scotland, sheets 108 and 109. | |||
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: | |||
| S109 | |||