| Computer Code: |
CHFD |
Preferred Map Code: |
CHF |
| Status Code: |
Full |
| Age range: |
Early Mississippian Epoch (CMIE)
— Mid Mississippian Epoch (CMIM) |
| Lithological Description: |
Agglomerate-filled volcanic neck. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Intrusive contact. |
| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Intrusive contract |
| Thickness: |
n/a |
| Geographical Limits: |
Melrose area, Scottish Borders. |
| Parent Unit: |
Kelso Subsuite (KELSO)
|
| Previous Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
|
| Alternative Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
|
| Stratotypes: |
| Type Section |
Chiefswood Quarry, Melrose, Scottish Borders. |
| Reference(s): |
| McAdam, A D, Clarkson, E N K and Stone, P (eds.) 1992. Scottish Borders Geology: an excursion guide. (Edinburgh: Scottish Academic Press) 220pp. |
| McRobert, R A. 1914. Acid and intermediate intrusions and associated ash-necks in the neighbourhood of Melrose (Roxburghshire). Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society, London, Vol.70, 303 - 315. |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
|
S025
|
