Computer Code: |
LMOCO |
Preferred Map Code: |
LmCo |
Status Code: |
Full |
Age range: |
Eifelian Age (DI)
— Eifelian Age (DI) |
Lithological Description: |
Conglomerate. |
Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Taken where conglomerate of the Little Morven Conglomerate Member rests unconformably on sandstone of the Ousdale Arkose Formation. |
Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Taken where conglomerate of the Little Morven Conglomerate Member is overlain by sandstone of the Maiden Pap Sandstone Formation. |
Thickness: |
70m |
Geographical Limits: |
Occurs only in outliers overlying basement rocks within the area of 1:50K sheet (Scotland) 109E (Kildonan). |
Parent Unit: |
Maiden Pap Sandstone Formation (MPSA)
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Previous Name(s): |
Conglomerates of Morven [Obsolete Name and Code: Use LMOCO]
(-368)
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Alternative Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
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Stratotypes: |
Type Area |
Little Maiden Pap, Sutherland, c.15km east of Dunbeath. Read, 1931, p.202. |
Reference(s): |
Read, H H, 1931. The geology of Central Sutherland. Memoir of the Geological Survey of Scotland, sheets 108 and 109. |
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
S109
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