| Computer Code: |
SEA |
Preferred Map Code: |
SEA |
| Status Code: |
Full |
| Age range: |
Late Devonian Epoch (DU)
— Late Devonian Epoch (DU) |
| Lithological Description: |
[Obsolete: use KBS] Red-brown fine-grained sandstone with scattered, largely vein-quartz pebbles, and a few beds of quartz pebble conglomerate. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Drawn at the base of the sandstone of the Seamill Sandstone Formation (Base not seen). |
| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
(Boundary is transitional). Drawn at conformable upward passage from red-brown sandstone of the Seamill Sandstone Formation to white or cream sandstone of the Fairlie Sandstone Formation. |
| Thickness: |
At least 1000m |
| Geographical Limits: |
Strathclyde, Scotland. Sheets 21 and 29. East of Largs Fault Zone. |
| Parent Unit: |
none recorded or not applicable
|
| Previous Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
|
| Alternative Name(s): |
Kelly Burn Sandstone
|
| Stratotypes: |
| Type Area |
Coast at Seamill, Strathclyde, Scotland. |
| Reference(s): |
| Paterson, I B and Hall, I H S. 1986. Lithostratigraphy of the late Devonian and early Carboniferous rocks in the Midland Valley of Scotland. British Geological Survey Report, 18/3. |
| Paterson, I B, Hall, I H S and Stephenson, D. 1990. Geology of the Greenock district: Memoir for 1:50000 geological sheet 30W and part of sheet 29E (Scotland). |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
|
S021
S029
S030
|
