| Computer Code: |
KNB |
Preferred Map Code: |
notEntered |
| Status Code: |
Full |
| Age range: |
Mid Devonian Epoch (DM)
— Mid Devonian Epoch (DM) |
| Lithological Description: |
Red sandstones, largely of fluvial origin with calcareous mudstone intervals containing fish remains. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Conformable lower contact on Goose Sandstone Member. |
| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Conformable upper contact with Millbuie Sandstone Member. |
| Thickness: |
70 metres +. |
| Geographical Limits: |
Fortrose and eastern Inverness district, Scotland (Fletcher et al., 1996). |
| Parent Unit: |
Raddery Sandstone Formation (RDF)
|
| Previous Name(s): |
Killen Burn Fish Bed [Obsolete Name and Code: Use KNB]
(-4130)
|
| Alternative Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
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| Stratotypes: |
| Type Area |
Sheet 84W (NH65NE). |
| Reference(s): |
| Fletcher, T P et al. 1996. Geology of the Fortrose and eastern Inverness district. Memoir of the British Geological Survey, Sheet 84W (Scotland). |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
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S084
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