| Computer Code: |
SPD |
Preferred Map Code: |
SPD |
| Status Code: |
Full |
| Age range: |
Tournaisian Age (CT)
— Visean Age (CV) |
| Lithological Description: |
Purple and grey conglomeratic sandstones passing upwards into red siltstones, marls and cornstones. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Faulted. |
| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Faulted. |
| Thickness: |
18m |
| Geographical Limits: |
Coastal section at Spouty Dennans. |
| Parent Unit: |
Orroland Member (ORR)
|
| Previous Name(s): |
Spouty Dennans Formation
(-537)
|
| Alternative Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
|
| Stratotypes: |
| Type Section |
Coastal section at Spouty Dennans. |
| Reference(s): |
| Deegan, C E. 1973. Tectonic control of sedimentation at the margin of a Carboniferous depositional basin in Kirkcudbrightshire. Scottish Journal of Geology, Vol. 9, p. 1 - 28. |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
|
S005
|
