| Computer Code: |
ECP |
Preferred Map Code: |
ECP |
| Status Code: |
Full |
| Age range: |
Ashgill Series (OA)
— Ashgill Series (OA) |
| Lithological Description: |
Coarse green sandstone and conglomerate (lower 2m conglomerate, upper 4m sandstone). |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Succeeds alternating flaggy sandstones and shales of the Shalloch Formation. |
| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Succeeded by sandstones and mudstones of the East Brow Member of the Auldthorns Formation. |
| Thickness: |
6m |
| Geographical Limits: |
Girvan area, southwest Scotland. |
| Parent Unit: |
Not Entered (?)
|
| Previous Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
|
| Alternative Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
|
| Stratotypes: |
| Type Section |
East brow of Quarrel Hill, Craighead Inlier. Harper, 1982. |
| Reference(s): |
| Harper, D A T, 1982. The stratigraphy of the Drummock Group (Ashgill), Girvan. Geological Journal, Vol.17, p.251-277.l. 17 251-277 |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
| none recorded or not applicable |
