| Computer Code: |
DPCG |
Preferred Map Code: |
notEntered |
| Status Code: |
Full |
| Age range: |
Rhaetian Age (TR)
— Rhaetian Age (TR) |
| Lithological Description: |
Fluvial and alluvial conglomerates with interbedded sandstones. Organic-rich horizons with palynomorphs are poorly exposed at Golspie. Most information has been gleaned from boreholes. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Unconformably overlies Triassic nodular carbonate rock of the "Stotfield Cherty Rock". |
| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Overlain by carbonaceous siltstone and claystone of the Dunrobin Castle Member. |
| Thickness: |
32m |
| Geographical Limits: |
Northwest margin of the Inner Moray Firth Basin. |
| Parent Unit: |
Dunrobin Bay Formation [See Also DUNR] (DRB)
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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 |
Dunrobin Bay, Moray Firth. Batten et al., 1986. |
| Reference(s): |
| Batten, D J, Trewin, N H, and Tudhope, A W. 1986. The Triassic-Jurassic junction at Golspie, Inner Moray Firth Basin. Scottish Journal of Geology, Vol. 22, Pt. 1, 85-98. |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
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S103
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