Computer Code: |
QRY |
Preferred Map Code: |
QRY |
Status Code: |
Full |
Age range: |
Wenlock Epoch (SW)
— Early Devonian Epoch (DL) |
Lithological Description: |
Reddish-brown, greyish-brown, medium-grained, slightly micaceous sandstones, in beds 0.5 to 1.2m thick; large-scale cross-bedding. Shaly intraclasts occur. Soft, red and friable with reduction spots at top. |
Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Upper surface of uppermost bed of conglomerate in the Hareshaw Conglomerate. |
Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Lower surface of lowest bed of conglomerate in the overlying Greywacke Conglomerate. |
Thickness: |
450m |
Geographical Limits: |
Lower Palaeozoic Inlier of the Hagshaw Hill, Scotland. (50k sheets 23W, 23E and 15W). |
Parent Unit: |
Monks Water Group (MKW)
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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 |
Douglas Water section. 0.8km southwest of Parish Holm. |
Reference Section |
Hareshaw Hill, 0.5 to 1.5km north of Parish Holm Farm. |
Reference(s): |
Rolfe, W D I, 1961. The Geology of the Hagshaw Hills Silurian Inlier, Lanarkshire. Transactions of the Edinburgh Geological Society, Vol.18, Part 3, 240-269. |
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
S023
S023
S015
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