| Computer Code: |
DGW |
Preferred Map Code: |
DGW |
| Status Code: |
Full |
| Age range: |
Sheinwoodian Age (SS)
— Sheinwoodian Age (SS) |
| Lithological Description: |
Pale red and yellow or brownish sandstones with greenish-grey intraclasts of shale, variably cemented. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Top of the underlying Parishholm Conglomerate. (Boundary not exposed). |
| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Transitional boundary taken where the proportion of mudstone similar to that of the overlying Dovestone Redbeds exceeds that of the sandstone. |
| Thickness: |
About 78m |
| Geographical Limits: |
Lower Palaeozoic inlier of the Hagshaw Hills, Scotland. (50k Sheets 23E, 23W and 15W). |
| Parent Unit: |
Glenbuck Group (GBK)
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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 Section |
Douglas Water section, 1.6km to 2.4km south-west of Parish Holm Farm. |
| Reference(s): |
| Rolfe, W D I, 1961. The Geology of the Hagshaw Hills Silurian Inlier, Lanarkshire. Transactions of the Edinburgh Geological Society, Vol.18, Part 3, 240-269. |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
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S023
S023
S015
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