| Computer Code: |
BHMB |
Preferred Map Code: |
BHMB |
| Status Code: |
Full |
| Age range: |
Visean Age (CV)
— Visean Age (CV) |
| Lithological Description: |
Shale with ribs of clayband ironstone and marine shells. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Conformable. |
| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Conformable. |
| Thickness: |
5.48 m at type section. |
| Geographical Limits: |
none recorded or not applicable
|
| Parent Unit: |
Strathclyde Group (SYG)
|
| Previous Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
|
| Alternative Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
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| Stratotypes: |
| Type Section |
Coastal section on northeast side of Sandy Craig Fault, from 88.82 m (top) to 94.31 m (base) in measured section NO50SW/BJ33. |
| Reference(s): |
| Forsyth, I H and Chisholm, J I, 1977. The geology of east Fife. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain. |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
|
S041
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