The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

Red Head Sandstone Member

Stratotypes:
Computer Code:	RHF	Preferred Map Code:	rasm
Status Code:	Full
Age range:	Early Devonian Epoch (DL) — Early Devonian Epoch (DL)
Lithological Description:	Red-brown ro purple-grey, fine- to coarse-grained sandstone, the lower part contains red mudstones and siltstones with small calcareous concretions with local pebbly sandstones, including concretionary limestone clasts.
Definition of Lower Boundary:	The top of the uppermost fine-grained unit of the Dundee Flagstone Formation.
Definition of Upper Boundary:	The base of the Auchmithie Conglomerate Member of the Scone Sandstone.
Thickness:	About 455 m thick.
Geographical Limits:	The coastal area between Monifieth and Lunan Bay/Red Head, and the south-east limb of the Sidlaw Anticline.
Parent Unit:	Scone Sandstone Formation (SCN)
Previous Name(s):	Red Head Formation [Obsolete Name and Code: Use RHF] (920) Tannadice Formation [Obsolete Name and Code: Use RHF, TEF, AHS] (943)
Alternative Name(s):	none recorded or not applicable
Partial Type Section	Panlathymill Burn section, north of Canoustie, from [NO 564 375] (base), to [NO 574 366], (top). Armstrong et al., 1985.
Reference(s):
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
Armstrong, M, Paterson, I B, and Browne, M A E. 1985. Geology of the Perth and Dundee district. Memoir of the British Geological Survey, Sheets 48W, 48E and 49 (Scotland). 108pp.
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.
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used:
S049 S057

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