The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details
Cowie Harbour Siltstone Member
| Computer Code: | CHSI | Preferred Map Code: | CHSI |
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| Status Code: | Full | ||
| Age range: | Homerian Age (SH) — Gorstian Age (SG) | ||
| Lithological Description: | A fine- to medium-grained lithic sandstone interbedded with minor amounts of conglomerate and siltstone. | ||
| Definition of Lower Boundary: | Grey, cross-laminated sandy siltstones of the Cowie Harbour Siltstone Member overlying red, trough cross-bedded medium-grained sandstone of the Red Sandstone Member | ||
| Definition of Upper Boundary: | Grey, laminated sandy siltstones overlain by red, trough, cross-bedded and horizontally-laminated, medium-grained sandstone of the Carron Sandstone Formation. | ||
| Thickness: | From 36 m to 90 m thick. | ||
| Geographical Limits: | Stonehaven area. | ||
| Parent Unit: | Cowie Sandstone Formation (CWE) | ||
| Previous Name(s): | [Obsolete Code: Use CHSI]
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Cowie Harbour Fish-Bed [Obsolete Name And Code: Use CHSI] (CWFB) Dictyocaris Member [Obsolete Name And Code: Use CHSI] (DICT) Dictyocaris Member [Obsolete Name and Code: Use CHSI] (-128) |
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| Alternative Name(s): | none recorded or not applicable | ||
| Stratotypes: | |||
| Type Section | Foreshore at Cowie Harbour. | ||
| Reference(s): | |||
| Armstrong, M, Donovan, R M, and Paterson, I B. 1978. Angus and Kincardine. In A field guide to selected outcrop areas of the Devonian of Scotland, the Welsh Borderland and South Wales. Friend, P F, and Williams, B P J (editors). Palaeontological Association. | |||
| Wellman, C, 1993. A land plant microfossil assemblage of Mid Silurian age from the Stonehaven Group, Scotland. Journal of Micropalaeontology, Vol.12, 47-66. | |||
| Campbell, R, 1912. Cambrian, Downtonian and Lower Old Red Sandstone rocks near Stonehaven. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, Vol.23, 296. | |||
| Marshall, J E A, 1991. Palynology of the Stonehaven Group, Scotland: Evidence for a mid-Silurian age and its geological implications. Geological Magazine, Vol.128 (3), p.283-286. | |||
| Carroll, S, 1994. Geology of the Stonehaven District. 1:10 000 Sheets NO88NW, NO88NE, NO88SW and NO88SE. British Geological Survey Technical Report WA/94/19. | |||
| Browne, M A E, Smith, R A, and Aitken, A M. 2002. Stratigraphical framework for the Devonian (Old Red Sandstone) rocks of Scotland south of a line from Fort William to Aberdeen. British Geological Survey Research Report RR/01/04. 67 pp. | |||
| Hickling, G, 1908. The Old Red Sandstone of Forfarshire Geological Magazine, Vol.5 (new series) p.396-408. | |||
| Westoll, T S, 1945. A new cephalaspid fish from the Downtonian of Scotland.Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Vol.61, p.341-357. | |||
| Campbell, R, 1913. The geology of south-eastern Kincardineshire. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Vol.48, pp.923-960. | |||
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: | |||
| S067 S066 | |||