The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details
Cowie Harbour Conglomerate Member
| Computer Code: | CWHC | Preferred Map Code: | CWHC |
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| Status Code: | Full | ||
| Age range: | Homerian Age (SH) — Gorstian Age (SG) | ||
| Lithological Description: | Sandstone, pebbly sandstone and largely volcaniclastic conglomerate. | ||
| Definition of Lower Boundary: | The base of the lowest bed of poorly-sorted, volcaniclastic conglomerate or pebbly sandstone above a succession of grey-green volcaniclastic sandstones of the 'Brown and Grey Sandstone 'Member' of Carroll, 1994. | ||
| Definition of Upper Boundary: | The base of the lowest bed of cross-bedded medium-grained sandstones of the Red Sandstone 'Member' overlying green and red, massive, coarse-grained pebbly volcaniclastic sandstones of the Cowie Harbour Conglomerate Member. | ||
| Thickness: | From 20 m to 30 m thick. The type section is cut by strike-parallel faults of unknown displacement. | ||
| Geographical Limits: | Stonehaven area. | ||
| Parent Unit: | Cowie Sandstone Formation (CWE) | ||
| Previous Name(s): | Volcanic Conglomerate Member
(VC)
Volcanic Conglomerate Member (VC) |
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| Alternative Name(s): | none recorded or not applicable | ||
| Stratotypes: | |||
| Type Section | Foreshore at Cowie Harbour. | ||
| Reference(s): | |||
| Armstrong, M, Donovan, R M, and Paterson, I B. 1978. Angus and Kincardine. In A field guide to selected outcrop areas of the Devonian of Scotland, the Welsh Borderland and South Wales. Friend, P F, and Williams, B P J (editors). Palaeontological Association. | |||
| Campbell, R. 1913. The geology of south-eastern Kincardineshire. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Vol. 48, 923-960. | |||
| Browne, M A E, Smith, R A, and Aitken, A M. 2002. Stratigraphical framework for the Devonian (Old Red Sandstone) rocks of Scotland south of a line from Fort William to Aberdeen. British Geological Survey Research Report RR/01/04. 67 pp. | |||
| Carroll, S. 1994. Geology of the Stonehaven District. 1:10 000 Sheets NO88NW, NO88NE, NO88SW and NO88SE. British Geological Survey Technical Report WA/94/19. | |||
| Campbell, R. 1912. Cambrian, Downtonian and Lower Old Red Sandstone rocks near Stonehaven. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, Vol. 23, 296. | |||
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: | |||
| S067 S066 | |||