| Computer Code: |
ACEE |
Preferred Map Code: |
notEntered |
| Status Code: |
Pending Upgrade |
| Age range: |
Devensian Stage (QD)
— Devensian Stage (QD) |
| Lithological Description: |
Moundy and flat-terraced sand and gravel. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
none recorded or not applicable
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| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
none recorded or not applicable
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| Thickness: |
none recorded or not applicable
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| Geographical Limits: |
Achnacree-Achnaba area, north of Connel. |
| Parent Unit: |
Central Grampian Glacigenic Subgroup (CGDR)
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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 Area |
Achnacree-Achnaba area [NM 930 360], north of Connel. |
| Reference(s): |
| McMillan, A A, Hamblin, R J O, and Merritt, J W. 2011. A lithostratigraphical framework for onshore Quaternary and Neogene (Tertiary) superficial deposits of Great Britain and the Isle of Man. British Geological Survey Research Report, RR/10/03. 343pp. |
| Bowen, D Q. 1999. A revised correlation of Quaternary deposits in the British Isles. Geological Society Special Report, No. 23. |
| Gray, J M. 1975. The Loch Lomond Readvance and contemporaneous sea levels in Loch Etive and neighbouring areas of western Scotland. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, Vol. 86, 227-238. |
| Gray, J M. 1993. Moss of Achnacree and Achnaba landforms. 319-323 in The Quaternary of Scotland. Gordon, J E, and Sutherland, D G (editors). Geological Conservation Review Series, No. 6. (London: Chapman and Hall.) |
| McCann, S B. 1966. The limits of the Late Glacial Highland, or Loch Lomond, Readvance along the West Highland seaboard from Oban to Mallaig. Scottish Journal of Geology, Vol. 2, 84-95. |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
| none recorded or not applicable |
