| Computer Code: |
SFSI |
Preferred Map Code: |
SF |
| Status Code: |
Full |
| Age range: |
Devensian Stage (QD)
— Devensian Stage (QD) |
| Lithological Description: |
A dark grey, silty clay with laminae of sand and well dispersed gravel dropstone clasts, containing boreal to boreal arctic marine microfossils; interpreted as a glaciomarine deposit. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
A sharp, undulating, unconformable contact with underlying till, comprising grey, pebbly clay diamicton, yellowish brown gravelly clayey sand diamicton, and reddish brown gravelly silty sandy clay diamicton. |
| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
A gradational contact with overlying organic silts and clays, interpreted as lacustrine alluvium. |
| Thickness: |
To 16m |
| Geographical Limits: |
Buchan, northeast Scotland, on Sheets 97 (Fraserbugh) amd 87E (Peterhead). |
| Parent Unit: |
British Coastal Deposits Group (COAS)
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| Previous Name(s): |
St Fergus Silts [Obsolete Name and Code: Use SFSI]
(-1176)
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| Alternative Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
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| Stratotypes: |
| Type Section |
BGS registered borehole NK15SW/1, 1.9 - 17.9 m depth. McMillan and Aitken, 1981; Peacock, 1999; Merritt et al, 2000, 2003. |
| Reference(s): |
| Hall, A M and Jarvis, J. 1989 A preliminary report on the Late Devensian glaciomarine deposits around St. Fergus, Grampian Region. Quaternary Newsletter, Vol.59, 5-7. |
| McMillan, A A and Aitken, A M. 1981. The sand and gravel resources of the country west of Peterhead, Grampian Region. Description of 1:25 000 sheet NK 04 and parts of NJ 94, 95 and NK 05, 14, and 15. Mineral Assessment Report of the Institute of Geological Sciences, No 58. |
| Merritt, J W, Connell, E R and Bridgland, D R (editors). 2000. The Quaternary of the Banffshire Coast and Buchan; Field Guide. (London: Quaternary Research Association.) |
| Merritt, J W, Auton, C A, Connell, E R, Hall, A M and Peacock, J D. 2003. The Cainozoic geology and landscape evolution of north-east Scotland. Memoir of the British Geological Survey, Sheets 66E, 67, 76E, 77, 86E, 87W, 87E, 95, 96W, 96E and 97 (Scotland) |
| Peacock, J D. 1999. The pre-Windermere Interstadial (late Devensian) raised marine strata of eastern Scotland and their macrofauna: a review. Quaternary Science Reviews, Vol.18, 1655-1679. |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
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S097
S087
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