Computer Code: |
MMT |
Preferred Map Code: |
MMT |
Status Code: |
Full |
Age range: |
Wenlock Epoch (SW)
— Wenlock Epoch (SW) |
Lithological Description: |
Greyish red, medium-grained sandstones and silty mudstones. |
Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Transitional from greenish grey sandstones, siltstones and silty mudstones of Dippal Burn Formation. |
Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Transitional to greenish-grey sandstones, siltstones and silty mudstones of Slot Burn Formation. |
Thickness: |
140m |
Geographical Limits: |
Muirkirk to Strathaven area, Strathclyde region, Central Scotland. |
Parent Unit: |
Waterhead Group (Cf Glenbuck Group) (WHD)
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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: |
Partial Type Section |
Stream sections in Auchen Gilloch Glen. |
Reference(s): |
Walton, E K, 1965. "In" Craig, G Y, (Editor). The Geology of Scotland: Lower Palaeozoic rocks. Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh, 161-227. |
Jennings, J S. Not published. The geology of the eastern part of the Lesmahagow Inlier. Ph.D.Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 1961. |
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
S023
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