| Computer Code: |
DCML |
Preferred Map Code: |
notEntered |
| Status Code: |
Full |
| Age range: |
Caradoc Series (O4)
— Ashgill Series (OA) |
| Lithological Description: |
A coarse-grained, calcitic meta-limestone, generally sandy and locally containing slate pebbles to which the limestone forms a carbonate matrix, which varies in colour from blue-grey to dark grey. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
A conformable contact with psammite and/or pelite of the Margie formation. |
| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
A conformable contact with psammite and/or pelite of the Margie formation. |
| Thickness: |
2 m thick. |
| Geographical Limits: |
The river Esk and adjacent area within the Highland Boundary Fault system north-west from Edzell, Angus, Scotland. |
| Parent Unit: |
Margie Formation (MARG)
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| Previous Name(s): |
Margie Limestone
(-852)
|
| Alternative Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
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| Stratotypes: |
| Type Section |
Section exposed in the bed of the River Esk east of the Crannel, south-west of Manach Hill. Gould, 2001. |
| Reference(s): |
| Anderson, J G C. 1946. The Geology of the Highland Border: Stonehaven to Arran. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Vol.61, 479-515. |
| Pringle, J. 1941. On the relationship of the Green Conglomerate to the Margie Grits in the North Esk, near Edzell; and on the probable age of the Margie Limestone. Transactions of the Royal Society of Glasgow: Vol. 20, 136-140. |
| Curry, G B, Bluck, B J, Burton, C J, Ingham, J K, Siveter, D J, and Williams, A. 1984. Age, evolution and tectonic history of the Highland Border Complex, Scotland. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences, Vol. 75, 113-133. |
| Gould, D, 2001. Geology of the Aboyne district. Memoir of the British Geological Survey, Sheet 66W (Scotland). |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
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S066
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