| Computer Code: |
FCYSD |
Preferred Map Code: |
notEntered |
| Status Code: |
Pending Upgrade |
| Age range: |
Callovian Age (JC)
— Kimmeridgian Age (JD) |
| Lithological Description: |
Sandstone. |
| 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: |
none recorded or not applicable
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| Geographical Limits: |
none recorded or not applicable
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| Parent Unit: |
Clynekirkton Sandstone Formation (CYK)
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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: |
| Type Section |
The type section of the Fascally Sandstone Member is on the north bank of the River Brora [NC 899 040]. |
| Reference(s): |
| Barron, A J M, Lott, G K, and Riding, J B. 2012. Stratigraphical framework for the Middle Jurassic strata of Great Britain and the adjoining continental shelf. British Geological Survey Research Report RR/11/06. |
| Sykes, R M. 1975. The stratigraphy of the Callovian and Oxfordian stages (Middle-Upper Jurassic) in northern Scotland. Scottish Journal of Geology, Vol.11, 51-78. |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
| none recorded or not applicable |
