| Computer Code: |
CWLS |
Preferred Map Code: |
CWLs |
| Status Code: |
Pending Upgrade |
| Age range: |
Pendleian Substage (CE)
— Arnsbergian Substage (CG) |
| Lithological Description: |
Limestones as part of a cyclical sequence of limestone, mudstone, siltstone and sandstone. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Passes down into the Dalry Sandstone Formation. |
| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Passes up into the Monkcastle Sandstone Formation. |
| Thickness: |
105 metres but thinning to around 10 metres southwards. |
| Geographical Limits: |
Not defined. |
| Parent Unit: |
Not Entered (?)
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| 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: |
| Type Area |
British Geological Survey Diddup Borehole. |
| Reference(s): |
| Monro, S K. 1999. Geology of the Irvine District. Memoir of the British Geological Survey, Sheet 22W and part of 21E (Scotland). |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
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S022
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