| Computer Code: |
MULY |
Preferred Map Code: |
MULY |
| Status Code: |
Full |
| Age range: |
Arundian Substage (CJ)
— Arundian Substage (CJ) |
| Lithological Description: |
Sandstone, bedded, pale to dark grey, fine- to medium-grained suborkose, bioturbated, calcareous, silty. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Abrupt contact - possibly disconformable on grainstones of Newtownbutler Limestone Member at top of Ballyshannon Limestone Formation. |
| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
At rapid change from calcareous sandstones of this member, to dark grey argillaceous limestones of the parent Bundoran Shale Formation. |
| Thickness: |
About 2m |
| Geographical Limits: |
Newtownbutler area of south Co. Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. |
| Parent Unit: |
Bundoran Shale Formation (BUNS)
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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: |
| Type Section |
Stream section between Mockbeggar and Mullynagowan Townlands, 30m upstream of lane bridge. |
| Reference(s): |
| Mitchell, W I, 1995. Geological description of the area around Lisnaskea and Newtownbutler, Co. Fermanagh, part of 1:50k geological sheet 57 (Lisnaskea). Technical report GSN/95/8. |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
| none recorded or not applicable |
