| Computer Code: |
MNY |
Preferred Map Code: |
MNY |
| Status Code: |
Pending Upgrade |
| Age range: |
Rhuddanian Age (SR)
— Rhuddanian Age (SR) |
| Lithological Description: |
Greywacke, thickly bedded for the most part but interbedded with sporadic units of thinly-bedded greywacke and siltstone. The greywacke composition is variable from bed to bed. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Tectonic contacts. Lower contact faulted against the Sinniness Formation. |
| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Tectonic contacts. Upper boundary faulted against the Shinnel and Mindork Formations. |
| Thickness: |
About 500 metres. |
| Geographical Limits: |
Not defined. |
| Parent Unit: |
Gala Group (GALA)
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| Previous Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
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| Alternative Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
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| Stratotypes: |
| Type Section |
Sea cliff section at Money Head, 7.5 km south east from Portpatrick. 1:50,000 Sheet 3 (Stranraer). |
| Reference(s): |
| Barnes, R P, Anderson, T B, and McCurry, J A. 1987. Along-strike variation in the stratigraphical and structural profile of the Southern Uplands Central Belt in Galloway and Longford Down. Journal of the Geological Society, 144, 807-816. |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
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S003
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