| Computer Code: |
MDF |
Preferred Map Code: |
notEntered |
| Status Code: |
Full |
| Age range: |
Early Devonian Epoch (DL)
— Early Devonian Epoch (DL) |
| Lithological Description: |
Sandstone. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
The top of the highest fine-grained member in the Dundee Flagstone Formation in the Melgund Castle-Finavon area, between Forfar and Brechin. |
| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
The base of the Finavon Conglomerate Member, except where the conglomerate is absent, this unit may not be distinguishable from theTannadice Sandstone Member. |
| Thickness: |
none recorded or not applicable
|
| Geographical Limits: |
In the Forfar-Brechin area, on the south-east limb of the Strathmore Syncline, on Sheets 57E and 57W. |
| Parent Unit: |
Scone Sandstone Formation (SCN)
|
| Previous Name(s): |
Melgund Formation [Obsolete Name and Code: Use MDF]
(-2317)
|
| Alternative Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
|
| Stratotypes: |
| none recorded or not applicable |
| Reference(s): |
| Browne, M A E, Smith, R A, and Aitken, A M. 2002. Stratigraphical framework for the Devonian (Old Red Sandstone) rocks of Scotland south of a line from Fort William to Aberdeen. British Geological Survey Research Report RR/01/04. 67 pp. |
| Armstrong, M, and Paterson, I B. 1970. The Lower Old Red Sandstone of the Strathmore Region. Report of the Institute of Geological Sciences No. 70/12 |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
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S057
S057
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