Computer Code: |
SHDER |
Preferred Map Code: |
notEntered |
Status Code: |
Pending Upgrade |
Age range: |
Triassic Period (T)
— Triassic Period (T) |
Lithological Description: |
Basal member of the Monadh Dubh Sandstone Formation, exposed as a thin alluvial fan infilling Torridonian topography. The Member commences with cornstones, overlain by extensive Torridonian-clast-rich conglomerates and laterally discontinuous interbedded sandstones. Not shown on 50K maps. |
Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Unconformable base on Torridonian sandstone (quartzite). |
Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Contact overlain by 'red beds' of the Sgaorishal Member. |
Thickness: |
16m |
Geographical Limits: |
Sea of the Hebrides Basin/Isle of Rum. |
Parent Unit: |
Monadh Dubh Sandstone Formation (MODS)
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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 |
Glen Shellesder, northwest Rum. Emeleus, 1997. |
Reference(s): |
Emeleus, C H. 1997. Geology of Rum and the adjacent islands. Memoir (sheet) of the Geological Survey of Great Britain (Scotland) (60). (The Stationery Office for the British Geological Survey.) 171pp. |
Steel, R J. 1974. New Red Sandstone piedmont and floodplain sedimentation in the Hebridean province, Scotland. Journal of Sedimentary Petrology, Vol.44, 336-357. |
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
S060
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