| Computer Code: |
ASSM |
Preferred Map Code: |
ASSM |
| Status Code: |
Full |
| Age range: |
Early Devonian Epoch (DL)
— Early Devonian Epoch (DL) |
| Lithological Description: |
Predominantly a reddish-brown sandstone with thin beds of pebbly sandstone and conglomerate. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
The base of the lowest bed of sandstone in the Hatton Conglomerate Member in the vicinity of Ashbank House. |
| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
The base of the lowest bed of conglomerate, overlying bedded sandstones in the vicinity of Ashbank House. |
| Thickness: |
150 m thick. |
| Geographical Limits: |
Blairgowrie area. |
| Parent Unit: |
Scone Sandstone Formation (SCN)
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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 |
Mill lade at Ashbank House. |
| Reference(s): |
| Crane, A, Goodman, S, Krabbendam, M, Leslie, A G, Paterson, I B, Roberston, S and Rollin, K, 2002. Geology of the Glen Shee district. Memoir of the British Geological Survey, Sheet 56W together with adjacent parts of sheets 55E, 65W and 64E (Scotland) |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
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S056
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