| Computer Code: |
ARSS |
Preferred Map Code: |
ArS |
| Status Code: |
Full |
| Age range: |
Devonian Period (D)
— Devonian Period (D) |
| Lithological Description: |
Red coarse-grained sandstone with thin pebbly beds. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Unconformable contact on metamorphic basement. |
| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
At base of main conglomerate sequence in Spey Conglomerate Formation. |
| Thickness: |
Approximately 70 metres - lensing. |
| Geographical Limits: |
Pathside area (NJ3785 5500) north-eastwards to Braes of Enzie (NJ4000 5995). |
| Parent Unit: |
Spey Conglomerate Formation (SPY)
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| Previous Name(s): |
Soft Brick-Red Sandstones [Obsolete Name and Code: Use ARSS]
(-4436)
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| Alternative Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
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| Stratotypes: |
| Type Section |
Deeply incised stream section (Aulrothie Burn), 810 metres at 107 degrees from Whiteash Hill. |
| Reference(s): |
| Hinxman, L W and Grant Wilson, J S, 1902. The geology of Lower Strathspey. Memoir of the Geological Survey, Sheet 85 (Scotland), p.58. |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
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S085
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