The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details
Uamh Bheag Conglomerate Member
Computer Code: | UBCO | Preferred Map Code: | UBCO |
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Status Code: | Full | ||
Age range: | Emsian Age (DE) — Emsian Age (DE) | ||
Lithological Description: | Mostly a cobble conglomerate, containing clasts of basic or intermediate lavas, vein quartz, quartzite and other metamorphic rocks with lenses of pebbly sandstone. | ||
Definition of Lower Boundary: | The base of the youngest body of 'mixed conglomerate' on Uamh Bheag, north-east of Callander, which interdigitates partly with the Teith Sandstone and partly with the Cromix Mudstone formations. | ||
Definition of Upper Boundary: | Strongly diachronous, overlain by and interfingered with sandstones of the Teith Sandstone Formations | ||
Thickness: | Up to at least 233 m thick. | ||
Geographical Limits: | The Callander to Highland Border area, on the north-west limb of the Strathmore Syncline. | ||
Parent Unit: | Teith Sandstone Formation (THF) | ||
Previous Name(s): | Uamh Bheag Conglomerate Formation [Obsolete Name and Code: Use UBCO]
(-3102)
Uamh Bheag Conglomerate [Obsolete Name and Code: Use UBCO] (-2511) |
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Alternative Name(s): | none recorded or not applicable | ||
Stratotypes: | |||
Type Area | Uambh Bheag, hillsides 7 km north-east of Callander Francis et al., 1970. | ||
Reference(s): | |||
Browne, M A E, Smith, R A and Aitken, A M. 2001. A lithostratigraphical framework for the Devonian (Old Red Sandstone) rocks of Scotland south of a line from Fort William to Aberdeen. Version 3. British Geological Survey Research Report RR/01/04. | |||
Francis, E H, Forsyth, I H, Read, W A and Armstrong, M. 1970. The geology of the Stirling district. Memoir of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, Sheet 39 (Scotland). | |||
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 | |||
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: | |||
S038 S039 S047 S047 |