Computer Code: |
PIBG |
Preferred Map Code: |
PBG |
Status Code: |
Full |
Age range: |
Anglian Stage (QA)
— Wolstonian Stage (QO) |
Lithological Description: |
Gravel, cobbly, clast or matrix-supported mass movement or waterlain deposit. Clasts angular to subrounded; matrix silty sand. |
Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Overlies bedrock. |
Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Upper limit defined by base of Whitehills Glacigenic Formation or Crovie Till Formation. |
Thickness: |
To 15 m. |
Geographical Limits: |
Portknockie to Troup Head. |
Parent Unit: |
East Grampian (Albion) Glacigenic Subgroup (EGAG)
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Previous Name(s): |
Pre-glacial raised beach [Obsolete Name and Code: Use PIBG]
(-2371)
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Alternative Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
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Stratotypes: |
Type Section |
North side of Castle Hill, Gardenstown. |
Reference(s): |
Merritt, J W, Auton, C A, Connell, E R, Hall, A M and Peacock, J D. 2003. The Cainozoic geology and landscape evolution of north-east Scotland. Memoir of the British Geological Survey, Sheets 66E, 67, 76E, 77, 86E, 87W, 87E, 95, 96W, 96E and 97 (Scotland) |
Read, H H, 1923. Geology of the country around Banff, Huntly and Turriff, Lower Banffshire and north-west Aberdeenshire. Memoir of the Geological Survey, Scotland Sheets 86 and 96 (Scotland). |
Sutherland, D G, 1984. Gardenstown (Gamrie). 89-93 in Hall, A M. Buchan Field Guide. [Cambridge: Quaternary Research Association.] |
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
S096
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