The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details
Elgin Calcrete Formation
| Computer Code: | ELCA | Preferred Map Code: | ENC |
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| Status Code: | Pending Upgrade | ||
| Age range: | Late Devonian Epoch (DU) — Late Devonian Epoch (DU) | ||
| Lithological Description: | Pale grey and reddish brown, calcareous, marly sandstones, which have been significantly replaced by calcite and chert. | ||
| Definition of Lower Boundary: | Requires fieldwork, or further research. | ||
| Definition of Upper Boundary: | Requires fieldwork, or further research. | ||
| Thickness: | Requires fieldwork, or further research. | ||
| Geographical Limits: | The Moray Firth coast around Elgin. | ||
| Parent Unit: | Forres Sandstone Group (FSA) | ||
| Previous Name(s): | Cornstone Beds (Of Inverness, Nairn, Banff)
(CRNI)
Cornstone Beds (Of Inverness, Nairn, Banff) (CRNI) |
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| Alternative Name(s): | Cothall Limestone Member |
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| Stratotypes: | |||
| none recorded or not applicable | |||
| Reference(s): | |||
| Peacock, J D, Berridge, N G, Harris, A L, May, F. 1968. The geology of the Elgin District. Memoir of the Geological Survey of Scotland. Sheets 86 and 96 (Scotland). (Edinburgh: HMSO). | |||
| Fletcher, T P. 1996, A review of the lithostratigraphy of the Old Red Sandstone Supergroup in Scotland north of a line from Fort William to Aberdeen. British Geological Survey Technical Report WA/96/39R. | |||
| Waters, C N, Gillespie, M R, Smith, K, Auton, C A, Floyd, J D, Leslie, A G, Millward, D, Mitchell, W I, McMillan, A A, Stone, P, Barron, A J M, Dean, M T, Hopson, P M, Krabbendam, M, Browne, M A E, Stephenson, D, Akhurst, M C, and Barnes, R P. 2007. Stratigraphical Chart of the United Kingdom: Northern Britain. (British Geological Survey.) | |||
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: | |||
| S095 | |||