| Computer Code: |
HGF |
Preferred Map Code: |
HGF |
| Status Code: |
Full |
| Age range: |
Tournaisian Age (CT)
— Tournaisian Age (CT) |
| Lithological Description: |
Conglomerates and conglomeratic sandstones. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Faulted. |
| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Faulted. |
| Thickness: |
90m |
| Geographical Limits: |
Coastal section at Port Mary. |
| Parent Unit: |
Orroland Member (ORR)
|
| Previous Name(s): |
Hanged Man Member (Former Formation) [Obsolete Name and Code: Use HGF]
(-4704)
|
| Alternative Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
|
| Stratotypes: |
| Type Section |
Coastal section at Port Mary. |
| Reference(s): |
| Deegan, C E. 1973. Tectonic control of sedimentation at the margin of a Carboniferous depositional basin in Kirkcudbrightshire. Scottish Journal of Geology, Vol. 9, 1-28. |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
|
S005
|
