Computer Code: |
DUS |
Preferred Map Code: |
notEntered |
Status Code: |
Pending Upgrade |
Age range: |
Asbian Substage (CR)
— Asbian Substage (CR) |
Lithological Description: |
A thick group of alternating sandstones, shaly sandstones and conglomerates, with red and green marls. |
Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Overlain by the Binny Sandstone. |
Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Overlies the Burdiehouse Limestone. |
Thickness: |
To c.220m |
Geographical Limits: |
Variably developed in the Midland Valley of Scotland. Type area around Pumpherston, Linlithgowshire. |
Parent Unit: |
Hopetoun Member (HON)
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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: |
none recorded or not applicable |
Reference(s): |
Mitchell, G H. 1962. The geology of the neighbourhood of Edinburgh. (Explanation of Sheet 32) Third Edition. (Reprinted 1980). Memoir of the Geological Survey of Great Britain (Scotland). |
Carruthers, R G, Caldwell, W, Bailey, E M, and Conacher, H R J. 1927. The oil-shales of the Lothians. Memoir of the Geological Survey of Great Britain. |
Lexique Stratigraphique International. 1971. Volume 1, Europe, Fascicule 3a, England, Wales and Scotland, Part 3a VII, Lower Carboniferous (Dinantian). |
Cadell, H M, and others. 1906. The oil-shales of the Lothians, First Edition. Memoir of the Geological Survey, pp. 53, 83. |
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
S032
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