| Computer Code: |
MDK |
Preferred Map Code: |
MDK |
| Status Code: |
Pending Upgrade |
| Age range: |
Llandovery Epoch (SL)
— Llandovery Epoch (SL) |
| Lithological Description: |
Thick-bedded to massive, medium to coarse-grained greywacke, of variable, often pyroxenous composition. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Faulted. |
| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Faulted. |
| Thickness: |
From about 2 km to 3 km thick. |
| Geographical Limits: |
Not defined. |
| Parent Unit: |
Gala Group (GALA)
|
| Previous Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
|
| Alternative Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
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| Stratotypes: |
| Type Area |
Mindork Fell, 1:50,000 Sheet S4W. |
| Reference(s): |
| Barnes, R P. 2008. The geology of the Whithorn, Kirkcowan and Wigtown district. Memoir of the British Geological Survey, Sheets 4W, 4E and 2 (Scotland). |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
|
S004
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