The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details
Scone Sandstone Formation
| Computer Code: | SCN | Preferred Map Code: | SCN |
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| Status Code: | Full | ||
| Age range: | Early Devonian Epoch (DL) — Early Devonian Epoch (DL) | ||
| Lithological Description: | Purple-brown and purple-grey, fine- to coarse-grained, commonly cross-bedded sandstones with subsidiary siltstone, mudstone, conglomerate, sparse andesitic lava flows and some calcareous beds with concretionary limestones towards the top. | ||
| Definition of Lower Boundary: | Transitional with the Dundee Flagstone and Ochil Volcanic Formations in the Dundee-Arbroath area, and transitional with the Craighall Conglomerate Formation in the Blairgowrie area. | ||
| Definition of Upper Boundary: | The base of Cromlix Mudstone Formation. | ||
| Thickness: | Locally over 2000 m thick. | ||
| Geographical Limits: | The Strathmore Syncline, in the northern part of the Midland Valley of Scotland. | ||
| Parent Unit: | Arbuthnott-Garvock Group (ATGK) | ||
| Previous Name(s): | Scone Formation [Obsolete Name and Code: Use TEF, SCN]
(-1806)
Blairgowrie Sandstone Formation [Obsolete Name And Code: See SCN] (BWST) |
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| Alternative Name(s): | Tannadice Formation [Obsolete: use RHF, TEF, AHS] |
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| Type Section | The banks of the River Tay, north of Perth, between Scone and Stanley. Armstrong et al., 1985. | ||
| Reference(s): | |||
| Armstrong, M, and Paterson, I B. 1970. The Lower Old Red Sandstone of the Strathmore Region. Report of the Institute of Geological Sciences No. 70/12 | |||
| Armstrong, M, Paterson, I B, and Browne, M A E. 1985. Geology of the Perth and Dundee district. Memoir of the British Geological Survey, Sheets 48W, 48E and 49 (Scotland). 108pp. | |||
| 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. | |||
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: | |||
| S048 S048 S049 S056 S066 S040 S039 S039 | |||