Computer Code: |
ENT |
Preferred Map Code: |
Ent |
Status Code: |
Full |
Age range: |
Brigantian Substage (CX)
— Pendleian Substage (CE) |
Lithological Description: |
Reddened fossiliferous marine mudstone, sandstone and seatearth. |
Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Unconformable on Lower Palaeozoic turbidites. |
Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Unconformably overlain by Upper Carboniferous strata. |
Thickness: |
25m |
Geographical Limits: |
Northern part of the Thornhill Basin, Enterkin Burn, River Nith, Starn Burn. |
Parent Unit: |
Clackmannan Group (CKN)
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Previous Name(s): |
Lower Limestone Group (Undivided) [Obsolete Name and Code: Use ENT]
(-2786)
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Alternative Name(s): |
Lower Limestone Formation
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Stratotypes: |
Type Section |
Section in the Enterkin Burn 500m north of Inglestone. |
Reference(s): |
McMillan, A A. 2002. Geology of the New Galloway and Thornhill District. 2002. Memoir of the British Geological Survey. Sheets 9W and 9E (Scotland). |
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
S015
S009
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