| Computer Code: |
FNB |
Preferred Map Code: |
FNB |
| Status Code: |
Full |
| Age range: |
Visean Age (CV)
— Visean Age (CV) |
| Lithological Description: |
Predominantly of sandstones arranged in upward-fining cycles; argillaceous rocks are commonly poorly bedded: mainly fluvial in origin. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
The conformable base of the Formation lies in a lithological transition and is taken above the highest bed of carbonate conglomerate belonging to the underlying Clyde Sandstone Formation (formerly Balcomie Beds). |
| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Not known at outcrop: would be taken at the lithological change to the relatively mudstone/sitlstone-rich cyclical deposits of the overlying Anstruther Formation from the sandstone dominated sequences of the Fife Ness Formation. |
| Thickness: |
Maximum thickness exceeds 230m in east Fife. |
| Geographical Limits: |
East Fife. |
| Parent Unit: |
Strathclyde Group (SYG)
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| Previous Name(s): |
Fife Ness Beds [Obsolete Name and Code: Use FNB]
(-256)
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| Alternative Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
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| Stratotypes: |
| Partial Type Section |
Fluke Dub on the Fife coast. |
| Partial Type Section |
Fife Ness. |
| Reference(s): |
| Browne, M A E. 1986. The Classification of the Lower Carboniferous in Fife and Lothian. Scottish Journal of Geology, Vol. 22, 422-425. |
| Forsyth, I H, and Chisholm, J I. 1977. The geology of east Fife. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain. |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
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S040
S032
S032
S049
S041
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