| Computer Code: |
BURG |
Preferred Map Code: |
notEntered |
| Status Code: |
Full |
| Age range: |
Miocene Epoch (NM)
— Quaternary Period (Q) |
| Lithological Description: |
Well rounded cobble gravel composed of flint and white quartzite in a white sandy kaolinitic clay matrix. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Unconformable, on Moreseat Sandstone Formation, Smallburn Sandstone Formation or deeply weathered crystalline basement. |
| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
It is present at ground surface or lies unconformably beneath till or head. |
| Thickness: |
At least 25 m. |
| Geographical Limits: |
Northeast Scotland. |
| Parent Unit: |
Buchan Gravels Formation (BUG)
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| Previous Name(s): |
Buchan Gravels Member [Obsolete Name and Code: Use BURG]
(-3881)
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| Alternative Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
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| Stratotypes: |
| Reference Section |
Borehole NK04SW/3. McMillan and Aitken, 1981. |
| Reference Section |
Borehole NK04SE/6. McMillan and Aitken, 1981. |
| 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. |
| McMillan, A A, and Aitken, A M. 1981. The sand and gravel resources of the country west of Peterhead, Grampian Region. Description of 1:25 000 sheet NK 04 and parts of NJ 94, 95 and NK 05, 14, and 15. Mineral Assessment Report of the Institute of Geological Sciences, No 58. |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
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S086
S087
S087
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