The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

Chapel Den Conglomerate Formation [Obsolete: use CATC]

Computer Code: CDC Preferred Map Code: notEntered
Status Code: Index Level
Age range: Early Devonian Epoch (DL) — Early Devonian Epoch (DL)
Lithological Description: none recorded or not applicable
Definition of Lower Boundary: Diachronous, passes downwards and laterally into the Three Wells Sandstone Member.
Definition of Upper Boundary: Slightly diachronous with the base of Montrose Volcanic Formation.
Thickness: none recorded or not applicable
Geographical Limits: Inverbervie area, Sheet 67.
Parent Unit: none recorded or not applicable
Previous Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Alternative Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Stratotypes:
none recorded or not applicable
Reference(s):
Browne, M A E, Smith, R A, and Aitken, A M. 2002. Stratigraphical framework for the Devonian (Old Red Sandstone) rocks of Scotland south of a line from Fort William to Aberdeen. British Geological Survey Research Report RR/01/04. 67 pp. 
Carroll, S, 1995. Geology of the Laurencekirk District. British Geological Survey Technical Report No.WA/95/81. 
Carroll, S. 1994. Geology of the Inverbervie and Catterline district, 1:10 000 sheets NO87NW, NO87NE and NO87SW. British Geological Survey, Technical Report, WA/94/20. 
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used:
none recorded or not applicable