| Computer Code: |
TEDD |
Preferred Map Code: |
TEDD |
| Status Code: |
Full |
| Age range: |
Famennian Age (DA)
— Famennian Age (DA) |
| Lithological Description: |
Red Beds: Interbedded sandstone, very coarse-grained, pebbly with pebble bands, purple-grey, sandstones and siltstone, fine-grained, cross-bedded, ripple laminated, purple-red mudstones. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Not exposed, faulted out. |
| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Not exposed, faulted out, but probably is gradational with base of finer grained Shanmullagh Formation. |
| Thickness: |
450m |
| Geographical Limits: |
The Tedd Cross Roads segment of the Fintona Block. |
| Parent Unit: |
Fintona Group (FIN)
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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 Area |
Large superficial deposit-free area between the Irvinestown to Tedd Cross Roads road (C-class), at Cloghfin and Raw Lough. |
| Reference(s): |
| Mitchell, W I and Owens, B, 1990. The geology of the western part of the Fintona Block, Northern Ireland: Evolution of Carboniferous basins. Geological Magazine, Vol.127 (5), 407-426. |
| Mitchell, W I, 1992. The origin of Upper Palaeozoic sedimentary basins in Northern Ireland and relationships with the Canadian Maritime Provinces. "In" Parnell, J. (Editor). Basins on the Atlantic Seaboard: Petroleum Geology, Sedimentology and Basin Evolution. Geological Society Special Publication No.62, 191-202. |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
| none recorded or not applicable |
