| Computer Code: |
NCB |
Preferred Map Code: |
notEntered |
| Status Code: |
Full |
| Age range: |
Mid Devonian Epoch (DM)
— Mid Devonian Epoch (DM) |
| Lithological Description: |
Red sandstones largely fluvial with grey-green siltstones, calcareous mudstones and fish-bearing limestone lenses and nodules. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Conformable lower contact with Daviot Conglomerate Formation. |
| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Conformable upper contact with Leanach Sandstone Formation. |
| Thickness: |
100 metres +. |
| Geographical Limits: |
Fortrose and eastern Inverness district (Fletcher et al., 1996). |
| Parent Unit: |
Inverness Sandstone Group (INS)
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| Previous Name(s): |
Nairnside and Clava Beds [Obsolete Name and Code: Use CVM, NCB]
(-3340)
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| Alternative Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
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| Stratotypes: |
| Type Area |
Sheet 84W. |
| Reference(s): |
| Waters, C N, Gillespie, M R, Smith, K, Auton, C A, Floyd, J D, Leslie, A G, Millward, D, Mitchell, W I, McMillan, A A, Stone, P, Barron, A J M, Dean, M T, Hopson, P M, Krabbendam, M, Browne, M A E, Stephenson, D, Akhurst, M C, and Barnes, R P. 2007. Stratigraphical Chart of the United Kingdom: Northern Britain. (British Geological Survey.) |
| 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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