The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details
Sheep Bught Bed
| Computer Code: | SBH | Preferred Map Code: | SBH |
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| Status Code: | Full | ||
| Age range: | Tournaisian Age (CT) — Tournaisian Age (CT) | ||
| Lithological Description: | Fining upward cycles of white to grey sandstone sometimes conglomeratic (65% of succession), siltstone and shale. | ||
| Definition of Lower Boundary: | Faulted. | ||
| Definition of Upper Boundary: | Faulted. | ||
| Thickness: | 120m | ||
| Geographical Limits: | Coastal section at Sheep Bught. | ||
| Parent Unit: | Wall Hill Member (WLH) | ||
| Previous Name(s): | Sheep Bught Formation (Now Member) [Obsolete Name and Code: Use SBH]
(-3018)
Sheep Bught Member (-514) |
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| Alternative Name(s): | none recorded or not applicable | ||
| Stratotypes: | |||
| Type Section | Coastal section at Sheep Bught. | ||
| Reference(s): | |||
| Deegan, C E. 1973. Tectonic control of sedimentation at the margin of a Carboniferous depositional basin in Kirkcudbrightshire. Scottish Journal of Geology, Vol. 9, p. 1 - 28. | |||
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: | |||
| S005 | |||