| Computer Code: |
CCK |
Preferred Map Code: |
CCK |
| Status Code: |
Full |
| Age range: |
Cisuralian Epoch (PLC)
— Cisuralian Epoch (PLC) |
| Lithological Description: |
Fine- to medium-grained, well sorted, red quartz sandstone with large scale aeolian cross-bedding. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Rests unconformably on Lower Palaeozoic strata or on basal Permian breccias. |
| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
The Corncockle Sandstone Formation is stratigraphically the highest unit in the district. |
| Thickness: |
900m+ on geophysical evidence. |
| Geographical Limits: |
Lochmaben Basin, Dumfriesshire, south-western Scotand (Southern Uplands) |
| Parent Unit: |
Stewartry Group (STEW)
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| Previous Name(s): |
Un-named Permian sandstone of desert dune origin [Obsolete Name and Code: Use CCK, THHS]
(-4529)
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| Alternative Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
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| Stratotypes: |
| Type Section |
Corncockle Quarry, a disused sandstone quarry, 700m NNE of the village of Templand, Dumfriesshire |
| Reference(s): |
| Brookfield, M E. 1978. Revision of the Stratigraphy of Permian and Supposed Permian Rocks of Southern Scotland. Geologische Rundschau, Vol. 67, 110-143. |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
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S010
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