| Computer Code: |
ENT |
Preferred Map Code: |
Ent |
| Status Code: |
Full |
| Age range: |
Brigantian Substage (CX)
— Pendleian Substage (CE) |
| Lithological Description: |
Reddened fossiliferous marine mudstone, sandstone and seatearth. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Unconformable on Lower Palaeozoic turbidites. |
| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Unconformably overlain by Upper Carboniferous strata. |
| Thickness: |
25m |
| Geographical Limits: |
Northern part of the Thornhill Basin, Enterkin Burn, River Nith, Starn Burn. |
| Parent Unit: |
Clackmannan Group (CKN)
|
| Previous Name(s): |
Lower Limestone Group (Undivided) [Obsolete Name and Code: Use ENT]
(-2786)
|
| Alternative Name(s): |
Lower Limestone Formation
|
| Stratotypes: |
| Type Section |
Section in the Enterkin Burn 500m north of Inglestone. |
| Reference(s): |
| McMillan, A A. 2002. Geology of the New Galloway and Thornhill District. 2002. Memoir of the British Geological Survey. Sheets 9W and 9E (Scotland). |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
|
S015
S009
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