| Computer Code: |
CASI |
Preferred Map Code: |
notEntered |
| Status Code: |
Full |
| Age range: |
Oxfordian Age (JO)
— Oxfordian Age (JO) |
| Lithological Description: |
Siltstone. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Underlain by the Camasunary Sandstone Member (CASA). |
| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Overlain unconformably locally by pebbly limestone and sandstone of the Upper Cretaceous Strathaird Limestone Formation (STRL) (Sykes, 1975, p. 71). |
| Thickness: |
none recorded or not applicable
|
| Geographical Limits: |
Strathaird district, Skye, north-west Scotland. |
| Parent Unit: |
Staffin Shale Formation (SFSH)
|
| 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: |
| Reference Section |
Foreshore at Rudha na h'Airigh Baine [NG 516 172], Strathaird, southern Skye. |
| Reference(s): |
| Barron, A J M, Lott, G K, and Riding, J B. 2012. Stratigraphical framework for the Middle Jurassic strata of Great Britain and the adjoining continental shelf. British Geological Survey Research Report RR/11/06. |
| Sykes, R M. 1975. The stratigraphy of the Callovian and Oxfordian stages (Middle-Upper Jurassic) in northern Scotland. Scottish Journal of Geology, Vol.11, 51-78. |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
|
S071
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