| Computer Code: |
DOVE |
Preferred Map Code: |
DOVE |
| Status Code: |
Full |
| Age range: |
Early Mississippian Epoch (CMIE)
— Mid Mississippian Epoch (CMIM) |
| Lithological Description: |
A small, circular vent, consisting of an inner zone of tuff and an outer zone of partly brecciated sandstone. A small basanite intrusion in the centre is probably younger, perhaps late Carboniferous to Permian. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Intrusive. |
| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Intrusive. |
| Thickness: |
About 50 m in diameter. |
| Geographical Limits: |
The Dunbar area. |
| Parent Unit: |
Lothian Subsuite (SSDLO)
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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 |
The foreshore at Dunbar. |
| Reference(s): |
| Francis, E H. 1962. Volcanic neck emplacement and subsidence structures at Dunbar, south-east Scotland. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Vol. 65, 41-58. |
| McAdam, A D and Clarkson, E N K. 1996. Lothian Geology: an Excursion Guide. Edinburgh Geological Society, 2nd edition. |
| Clough, C T, Barrow, G, Crampton, C B, Maufe, H B, Anderson, E M, and Bailey, E B. 1910. The geology of East Lothian (2nd edition). Memoir of the Geological Survey, Scotland, Sheets 33 and parts of 34 and 41. |
| Craig, G Y, and Duff P, McL, D. 1975. The geology of the Lothians and south-east Scotland. (Edinburgh: Scottish Academic Press.) |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
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S033
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