| Computer Code: |
AVM |
Preferred Map Code: |
AvM |
| Status Code: |
Full |
| Age range: |
Mid Devonian Epoch (DM)
— Mid Devonian Epoch (DM) |
| Lithological Description: |
Sandstone with subsidiary conglomerate. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Conformable lower contact on Kilmuir Conglomerate Formation. |
| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Conformable upper contact with Drumderfit Conglomerate Member. |
| Thickness: |
100m, lensing. |
| Geographical Limits: |
Fortrose and eastern Inverness district, Scotland (Fletcher et al., 1996). |
| Parent Unit: |
Raddery Sandstone Formation (RDF)
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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 |
Sheet 84W [NH64NE]. |
| Reference(s): |
| Fletcher, T P et al. 1996. Geology of the Fortrose and eastern Inverness district. Memoir of the British Geological Survey, Sheet 84W (Scotland). |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
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S084
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