| Computer Code: |
MGHM |
Preferred Map Code: |
MGHM |
| Status Code: |
Full |
| Age range: |
Chadian Substage (CI)
— Chadian Substage (CI) |
| Lithological Description: |
Limestone, medium to pale grey, micrite, vuggy, fossiliferous, Waulsortian build-up. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Appears to be slide plane associated with down slope movement of an allochthonous limestone mud mound into laminated micrites and alternating limestone/shales of the Ballyshannon Limestone Formation. |
| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
At the leading edge of the mass, the 'nose' of the allochthonous mud mound disrupts the host shales and limestones of the Ballyshannon Limestone Formation. |
| Thickness: |
c.12m |
| Geographical Limits: |
Restricted to three isolated knolls in the Belleek area of County Fermanagh in the northwest Carboniferous basin of Ireland. |
| Parent Unit: |
Ballyshannon Limestone Formation (BAL)
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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 |
Magherameena Quarry (disused), 4km east of Belleek, County Fermanagh. Exposes full thickness of mud mound and enveloping strata of Ballyshannon Limestone Formation. |
| Reference(s): |
| Mitchell, W I, Johnston, T P and Legg, I C. 2004. Geology of the country around Kesh, Co. Fermanagh and Omagh, Co. Tyrone. Geological Sheets 32 and part of 31 (Kesh) and 33 (Omagh). Geological Survey of Northern Ireland. Technical Report GSNI 04/1. |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
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N32
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