| Computer Code: |
CAB |
Preferred Map Code: |
SYMB |
| Status Code: |
Full |
| Age range: |
Early Devonian Epoch (DL)
— Early Devonian Epoch (DL) |
| Lithological Description: |
Basal conglomerate overlain by grey, micaceous sandstones and beds of coarse conglomerate. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Basal conglomerate rests on gabbros of the Boganclogh Intrusion and on the Craigievor Formation of the Argyll Group, Dalradian Supergroup. |
| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Faulted NW margin to outlier. |
| Thickness: |
Unknown |
| Geographical Limits: |
NW-SE-elongated outlier centred on Cabrach village, 6km x 1 to 2.5km. |
| Parent Unit: |
Crovie Sandstone Group (CRO)
|
| Previous Name(s): |
Cabrach Sandstone [Obsolete Name And Code: Use CAB]
(CABS)
|
| Alternative Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
|
| Stratotypes: |
| Type Area |
Cabrach area; very poor, scattered exposures in Burn of Bank, Allt Deveron, Milltown Burn, Perkie Burn, Burn of Aldivalloch. |
| Type Section |
Cabrach Village, Sheet 75E. |
| Reference(s): |
| Memoir of the British Geological Survey, Sheet 75, in preparation. |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
|
S085
S075
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