| Computer Code: |
ETS |
Preferred Map Code: |
notEntered |
| Status Code: |
Full |
| Age range: |
Devonian Period (D)
— Devonian Period (D) |
| Lithological Description: |
Grey and green laminated siltstones and mudstones. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Conformable lower contacts with sandstones in Nairnside Sandstone Formation. |
| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Conformable upper contacts with sandstones in Nairnside Sandstone Formation. |
| Thickness: |
+ 50 metres. |
| Geographical Limits: |
Inverness region, Highlands, Scotland. |
| Parent Unit: |
Nairnside Sandstone Formation (NCB)
|
| Previous Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
|
| Alternative Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
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| Stratotypes: |
| Type Area |
Sheet 84W, Croy. |
| Reference(s): |
| Stephenson, D and Gould, D. 1995. British Regional Geology: the Grampian Highlands (4th edition). (London: HMSO for the British Geological Survey.) |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
|
S084
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