| Computer Code: |
DNCO |
Preferred Map Code: |
DNCO |
| Status Code: |
Full |
| Age range: |
Silurian Period (S)
— Devonian Period (D) |
| Lithological Description: |
A clast-supported conglomerate of mainly 'Highland' provenance. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Not seen due to faulting. |
| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
The top of the uppermost conglomerate bed in the lower part of the Gourdon Sandstone Formation. |
| Thickness: |
At least 60 m thick, full thickness not seen or proved. |
| Geographical Limits: |
Gourdon-Inverbervie area. |
| Parent Unit: |
Gourdon Sandstone Formation (GNF)
|
| Previous Name(s): |
Doolie Ness Conglomerate Formation [Obsolete Name and Code: Use DNCO]
(-4613)
|
| Alternative Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
|
| Stratotypes: |
| Type Section |
Coastal section around Doolie Ness, east of Gourdon. |
| Reference(s): |
| Carroll, S. 1994. Geology of the Inverbervie and Catterline district, 1:10 000 sheets NO87NW, NO87NE and NO87SW. British Geological Survey Technical Report WA/94/20. |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
|
S067
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