The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details
Strathfinella Hill Conglomerate Member
| Computer Code: | STHC | Preferred Map Code: | STHC |
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| Status Code: | Full | ||
| Age range: | Emsian Age (DE) — Emsian Age (DE) | ||
| Lithological Description: | A poorly sorted, clast-supported conglomerate with clasts of semi-pelite, psammite, quartzite, lava and feldspar porphyry in a medium-grained, lithic sandstone matrix. | ||
| Definition of Lower Boundary: | A diachronous, gradational, conformable boundary, interfingering with and passing down into the Teith Sandstone Formation and the Cromlix Mudstone Formation, taken from where conglomerate becomes the predominant lithology in the upward sequence. | ||
| Definition of Upper Boundary: | The top of the predominantly conglomerate member, below the overlying part of the Teith Formation. | ||
| Thickness: | Up to 1700 m thick. | ||
| Geographical Limits: | Strathfinella Hill [NO 6878]. | ||
| Parent Unit: | Teith Sandstone Formation (THF) | ||
| Previous Name(s): | Gannochy Formation [Obsolete Name and Code: Use EDS, GYF, STHC, THF]
(-4633)
Strathfinella Hill Conglomerate Formation [Obsolete Name and Code: Use STHC] (-1845) |
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| Alternative Name(s): | Gannochy Conglomerate Formation |
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| Stratotypes: | |||
| Partial Type Section | Garrold Wood, Strathfinella. | ||
| Partial Type Section | Kirston's Den, Strathfinella Hill. | ||
| 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 | |||
| Carroll, S, 1995. Geology of the Auchenblae District. British Geological Survey Technical Report. WA/95/80. | |||
| Geology of the Fettercairn area, 1:10000 sheets NO67NW, NO67NE, NO67SW, NO67SE and NO68SE (south of the Highland Boundary Fault) : part of 1:50000 sheets 66E (Banchory), 66W (Aboyne), 57W (Forfar) and 57E (Montrose): British Geological Survey, Onshore Geology Series, Technical report WA/95/91 | |||
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: | |||
| S066 | |||