| Computer Code: |
EILD |
Preferred Map Code: |
EILD |
| Status Code: |
Full |
| Age range: |
Early Mississippian Epoch (CMIE)
— Mid Mississippian Epoch (CMIM) |
| Lithological Description: |
Trachyte. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Intrusive contact. |
| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Intrusive contact. |
| Thickness: |
none recorded or not applicable
|
| Geographical Limits: |
Eildon Hills, Melrose, Scottish Borders. |
| Parent Unit: |
Tweed Subsuite (MVFTW)
|
| Previous Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
|
| Alternative Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
|
| Stratotypes: |
| Type Area |
Eildon Hills, Melrose, Scottish Borders. McRobert 1914 |
| Reference(s): |
| McRobert, R A. 1914. Acid and intermediate intrusions and associated ash-necks in the neighbourhood of Melrose (Roxburghshire). Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society, London, Vol.70, 303 - 315. |
| McAdam, A D, Clarkson, E N K and Stone, P (eds.) 1992. Scottish Borders Geology: an excursion guide. (Edinburgh: Scottish Academic Press) 220pp. |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
|
S025
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