| Computer Code: |
NEWT |
Preferred Map Code: |
NEWT |
| Status Code: |
Full |
| Age range: |
Arundian Substage (CJ)
— Arundian Substage (CJ) |
| Lithological Description: |
Grainstones, pale to medium grey, fine- to coarse-grained, oolitic, peloidal, bioclastic, quartz-clastic, bedded. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Not exposed - transition (probable) from dark grey crinoidal limestones (packstones) of parent Ballyshannon Limestone Formation. |
| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Abrupt (probably disconformable) change from limestones to sandstone bed representive base of Mullynagowan Sandstone Member (basal member of Bundoran Shale Formation). |
| Thickness: |
About 10m |
| Geographical Limits: |
Newtownbutler area of south Co. Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. |
| Parent Unit: |
Ballyshannon Limestone Formation (BAL)
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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 |
Stream section, upstream for 30m and downstream for 20m of lane bridge between Mockbeggar and Mullynagowan Townlands. |
| Reference(s): |
| Mitchell, W I, 1995. Geological description of the area around Lisnaskea and Newtownbutler, Co. Fermanagh, part of 1:50k geological sheet 57 (Lisnaskea). Technical report GSN/95/8. |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
| none recorded or not applicable |
