| Computer Code: |
BKI |
Preferred Map Code: |
BkI |
| Status Code: |
Full |
| Age range: |
Mid Devonian Epoch (DM)
— Mid Devonian Epoch (DM) |
| Lithological Description: |
Red sandstone sequence incorporating the Den Siltstone, Kilmuir Conglomerate and Raddery Sandstone Formations. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Unconformable base of Old Red Sandstone sequence. |
| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Unconformable base of the Balnagown Sandstone Group. |
| Thickness: |
+ 2000m. |
| Geographical Limits: |
Easter Ross-shire , Scotland. |
| Parent Unit: |
Old Red Sandstone Supergroup (ORS)
|
| Previous Name(s): |
Middle Old Red Sandstone
(-62)
|
| Alternative Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
|
| Stratotypes: |
| Type Area |
Area to north-west of Great Glen Fault. Black Isle Easter Ross-shire. |
| 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: |
|
S084
S094
S094
S093
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