| Computer Code: |
RDF |
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 lensing conglomerate members and muddy lacustrine members with fish fragments. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Conformable lower contact on Kilmuir Conglomerate Formation. |
| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Upper contact not established. |
| Thickness: |
+ 1000 metres. |
| Geographical Limits: |
Fortrose and eastern Inverness district, Scotland (Fletcher et al., 1996). |
| Parent Unit: |
Black Isle Sandstone Group (BKI)
|
| 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 Area |
Sheet 84W, (NH64NE). |
| 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
S094
S094
S093
S103
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