The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

Drumderfit Conglomerate Member

Computer Code: DDM Preferred Map Code: notEntered
Status Code: Pending Upgrade
Age range: Mid Devonian Epoch (DM) — Mid Devonian Epoch (DM)
Lithological Description: Red cobble-boulder conglomerate.
Definition of Lower Boundary: Conformable lower contact on Avoch Sandstone Member.
Definition of Upper Boundary: Conformable upper contact with Goose Sandstone Member.
Thickness: + 100 metres lensing.
Geographical Limits: Not defined.
Parent Unit: Raddery Sandstone Formation (RDF)
Previous Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Alternative Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Stratotypes:
Type Area  Sheet 84W, NH65SE. 
Reference(s):
Fletcher, T P et al. 1996. Geology of the Fortrose and eastern Inverness district. Memoir of the British Geological Survey, Sheet 84W (Scotland). 
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used:
S084