| Computer Code: |
WASH |
Preferred Map Code: |
notEntered |
| Status Code: |
Pending Upgrade |
| Age range: |
Asbian Substage (CR)
— Asbian Substage (CR) |
| Lithological Description: |
Variable sequence of shales, calcareous mudstones, and thin sandstones, with thin calcareous and cherty bands. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
none recorded or not applicable
|
| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
none recorded or not applicable
|
| Thickness: |
To c. 325 m. |
| Geographical Limits: |
Recognised locally in Midlothian; named after Wardie in Edinburgh. |
| Parent Unit: |
Gullane Formation (GUL)
|
| Previous Name(s): |
Wardie Shales [Obsolete Name and Code: Use WASH]
(-1904)
|
| Alternative Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
|
| Stratotypes: |
| none recorded or not applicable |
| Reference(s): |
| Lexique Stratigraphique International. 1971. Volume 1, Europe, Fascicule 3a, England, Wales and Scotland, Part 3a VII, Lower Carboniferous (Dinantian). |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
|
S032
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