| Computer Code: |
RAES |
Preferred Map Code: |
RAES |
| Status Code: |
Full |
| Age range: |
Pridoli Epoch (SO)
— Early Devonian Epoch (DL) |
| Lithological Description: |
Micaceous sandstone and siltstone, red-brown to fawn, flaggy, well-bedded, immature, commonly weathered, soft and friable. Pebbly beds common near base. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Sedimentary transition into Delnabo Conglomerate Formation. |
| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Junction with Conglass Sandstone Formation, not exposed. |
| Thickness: |
ca. 100 m. |
| Geographical Limits: |
North-east of the Conglass Water in the north-east part of Tomintoul ORS outlier, upper Banffshire; a 50 km2 outlier, 15 x 5 km in extent, that is totally separated from other ORS outcrops of the north-east Grampian area. |
| Parent Unit: |
Tomintoul Group (TOMI)
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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 |
Raebeg Burm, Tomintoul. Mendum, J R and Stephenson, D. In preparation. |
| Reference(s): |
| Hinxman, L W, 1896. Explanation of sheet 75, west Aberdeenshire, Banffshire, parts of Elgin and Inverness. Memoirs of the Geological Survey, Scotland. (Edinburgh: HMSO for Geological Survey). |
| Mendum, J R and Stephenson, D. In preparation. Geology of the Glenlivet and Glenbuchat district. Memoir of the British Geological Survey, Sheets 75W and 75E. (Scotland). |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
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S075
S075
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