| Computer Code: |
LABN |
Preferred Map Code: |
notEntered |
| Status Code: |
Full |
| Age range: |
Early Devonian Epoch (DL)
— Early Devonian Epoch (DL) |
| Lithological Description: |
Yellow-brown to pale buff volcaniclastic carbonate-cemented sandstones with some conglomerates. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Locally, the top of the Duneaton Volcanic Formation. |
| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
The base of the purplish-brown to greenish cross-bedded volcaniclastic sandstones and siltstones, typical of the rest of the Auchtitench Formation. |
| Thickness: |
To 350m |
| Geographical Limits: |
New Cumnock 1:50 000 Geological Sheet 15 W. |
| Parent Unit: |
Auchtitench Sandstone Formation (AUC)
|
| Previous Name(s): |
Lower Old Red Sandstone "Tuffs" [Obsolete Name and Code: Use LABN]
(-1636)
|
| Alternative Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
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| Stratotypes: |
| Type Section |
Along March Burn, tributary to the north of Glenmuir Water, south of Cairn table. |
| Reference(s): |
| Smith, R A. 1999. Geology of the New Cumnock district - a brief explanation of the geological map. Sheet Explanation of the British Geological Survey. 1:50 00 sheet 15W, New Cumnock (Scotland). |
| Smith, R A. 1994. Geological notes and local details for 1:10 000 sheet, NS72SW. British Geological Survey Technical Report, WA/94/9. |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
|
S015
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