| Computer Code: |
DOFC |
Preferred Map Code: |
DOFC |
| Status Code: |
Full |
| Age range: |
Namurian Stage (CN)
— Namurian Stage (CN) |
| Lithological Description: |
Pale to dark grey seatclay and seatearth, some with high alumina properties. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Generally underlain by fluvial sandstones of the Passage Formation. |
| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Generally overlain by the Troon Volcanic Member of the Passage Formation. |
| Thickness: |
Up to 6m |
| Geographical Limits: |
Ayrshire. |
| Parent Unit: |
Passage Formation (PGP)
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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: |
| Reference Section |
Small river cliff at Lynn Glen on the Caaf Water, just south of Dalry, Ayrshire. |
| Reference(s): |
| Monro, S K. 1999. Geology of the Irvine District. Memoir of the British Geological Survey, Sheet 22W and part of 21E (Scotland). |
| Browne, M A E, Dean, M T, Hall, I H S, McAdam, A D Monro, S K, and Chisholm, J I. 1999. A lithostratigraphical framework for the Carboniferous rocks in the Midland Valley of Scotland. British Geological Survey Research Report RR/99/07. |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
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S022
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