| Computer Code: |
BUHD |
Preferred Map Code: |
BURN |
| Status Code: |
Full |
| Age range: |
Silurian Period (S)
— Early Devonian Epoch (DL) |
| Lithological Description: |
Minor granitic pluton. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Intrusive. |
| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Intrusive. |
| Thickness: |
Elongate intrusion c. 1.7km x 0.5km with long axis orientated roughly E - W. |
| Geographical Limits: |
Southern Uplands, Scotland. |
| Parent Unit: |
South Of Scotland Granitic Suite (SSCGR)
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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 |
Area south and southeast of Bennan Hill, c. 7km southsouthwest of Carsphairn, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland. |
| Reference(s): |
| Gardiner, C I, and Reynolds, S H. 1932. The Loch Doon 'granite' area, Galloway. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society, London, Vol. 88, 1-33. |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
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S008
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