| Computer Code: |
STUL |
Preferred Map Code: |
notEntered |
| Status Code: |
Index Level |
| Age range: |
Brigantian Substage (CX)
— Brigantian Substage (CX) |
| Lithological Description: |
[Obsolete: use BBLS] A pale to dark grey, argillaceous, crinoidal, bioclastic limestone, interpreted to be of marine origin. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
none recorded or not applicable
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| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
none recorded or not applicable
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| Thickness: |
From 0.5 m to 1.0m thick around Stonehouse and Strathaven, farther south at Muirkirk it is 2.0m thick, and 2.5m at Dalquahandy, in the Hamilton district. |
| Geographical Limits: |
none recorded or not applicable
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| Parent Unit: |
none recorded or not applicable
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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: |
| Reference Section |
Avon Water, south of Braehead. |
| Reference(s): |
| Paterson, I B, McAdam, A D and MacPherson, K A T. 1998. Geology of the Hamilton district. Memoir of the British Geological Survey, Sheet 23W (Scotland). |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
|
S023
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