| Computer Code: |
DCSH |
Preferred Map Code: |
DCnS |
| Status Code: |
Full |
| Age range: |
Toarcian Age (JT)
— Toarcian Age (JT) |
| Lithological Description: |
Dark grey sandy, fissile mudstones with concretions of sandy limestone. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Unseen? |
| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Overlain by thinly bedded calcareous sandstones of the Beinn na Leac Sandstone Member. |
| Thickness: |
12m |
| Geographical Limits: |
Sea of the Hebrides Basin. |
| Parent Unit: |
Bearreraig Sandstone Formation (BEAS)
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| Previous Name(s): |
Now part of Druim An Fhuarain Member? [Obsolete Name and Code: Use DCSH]
(-4597)
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| Alternative Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
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| Stratotypes: |
| Type Section |
Bearreraig Bay, northeastern Skye. Morton, 1995. |
| Reference Section |
Prince Charle's Cave, north-eastern, Skye. Morton, 1995. |
| Reference(s): |
| Morton, N. 1965. The Bearrenaig Sandstone Series (Middle Jurassic) of Skye and Raasay. Scottish Journal of Geology, Vol.1, 189-216. |
| Cox, B M, Page, K N, and Morton, N. 2002. The Middle Jurassic stratigraphy of Scotland. In British Middle Jurassic Stratigraphy. Cox, B M, and Sumbler, M G (editors). Geological Conservation Review Series, Vol. 26. (Peterborough: Joint Nature Conservation Committee/Chapman and Hall.) |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
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S081
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