Computer Code: |
CCW |
Preferred Map Code: |
CCW |
Status Code: |
Full |
Age range: |
Homerian Age (SH)
— Gorstian Age (SG) |
Lithological Description: |
Medium-grained, quartzo-feldspathic sandstone interbedded with red siltstone and silty sandstone. |
Definition of Lower Boundary: |
At the base of the lowest metre-thick red siltstone above the Purple Sandstone 'Member'. |
Definition of Upper Boundary: |
At the top of the highest metre-thick red siltstone bed beneath the Brown and Grey Sandstone 'Member'. |
Thickness: |
74 m thick. |
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 Old Kirk Shore, Stonehaven. |
Reference(s): |
Browne, M A E, Smith, R A and Aitken, A M. 2001. A lithostratigraphical framework for the Devonian (Old Red Sandstone) rocks of Scotland south of a line from Fort William to Aberdeen. Version 3. British Geological Survey Research Report RR/01/04. |
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. |
Armstrong, M, Donovan, R M, and Paterson, I B. 1978. Angus and Kincardine. In Friend, P F, and Williams, B P J (editors). A field guide to selected outcrop areas of the Devonian of Scotland, the Welsh Borderland and South Wales. Palaeontological Association. |
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
S067
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