Computer Code: |
RDS |
Preferred Map Code: |
RDS |
Status Code: |
Full |
Age range: |
Wenlock Epoch (SW)
— Ludlow Epoch (SU) |
Lithological Description: |
Red, lithic, medium-grained, trough cross-bedded sandstone and massive or thinly planar-bedded sandstone farther west. |
Definition of Lower Boundary: |
At the top of the highest coarse-grained bed in the underlying Cowie Harbour Conglomerate Member. |
Definition of Upper Boundary: |
The top is taken at the base of the lowest grey sandy siltstone bed in the Cowie Harbour Siltstone Member, overlying the red lithic sandstones. |
Thickness: |
32-210m |
Geographical Limits: |
Stonehaven area. |
Parent Unit: |
Cowie Sandstone Formation (CWE)
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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 |
Coastal section at Cowie Harbour. |
Reference(s): |
Armstrong, M, Donovan, R M, and Paterson, I B. 1978. Angus and Kincardine. In A field guide to selected outcrop areas of the Devonian of Scotland, the Welsh Borderland and South Wales. Friend, P F, and Williams, B P J (editors). Palaeontological Association. |
Carroll, S, 1994. Geology of the Stonehaven District. 1:10 000 Sheets NO88NW, NO88NE, NO88SW and NO88SE. British Geological Survey Technical Report WA/94/19. |
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
none recorded or not applicable |