| Computer Code: |
KKMB |
Preferred Map Code: |
KKMB |
| Status Code: |
Index Level |
| Age range: |
Visean Age (CV)
— Visean Age (CV) |
| Lithological Description: |
Shale with ribs of clayband ironstone, Sanguinolites and other bivalves. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Conformable. |
| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Conformable. |
| Thickness: |
0.15m in type section. |
| Geographical Limits: |
none recorded or not applicable
|
| Parent Unit: |
Pittenweem Formation (PMB)
|
| Previous Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
|
| Alternative Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
|
| Stratotypes: |
| Type Section |
Cuniger Rock section - NO50SE/BJ8, from 118.49 m (top) to 118.64 m (base). |
| Reference(s): |
| Forsyth, I H and Chisholm, J I, 1977. The geology of east Fife. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain. |
| Cossey, P J, Adams, A E, Purnell, M A, Whiteley, M J, Whyte, M A and Wright, V P. 2004. British Lower Carboniferous stratigraphy. Geological Conservation Review Series No.29. Joint Nature Conservation Committee, Peterborough. |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
|
S041
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