Computer Code: |
VAG |
Preferred Map Code: |
notEntered |
Status Code: |
Pending Upgrade |
Age range: |
Early Devonian Epoch (DL)
— Early Devonian Epoch (DL) |
Lithological Description: |
Conglomerate, sandstone and pebbly sandstone with lenses of conglomerate. |
Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Drawn where rocks of the Vaasetter Sandstone Formation (see Lithology Description) rest conformably on sandstone of the North Haven Beds. |
Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Drawn at conformable upward passage from conglomerate of the Sheep Craig Sandstone to sandstone of the North Gavel Beds. |
Thickness: |
c.600m |
Geographical Limits: |
Shetlands, Scotland. |
Parent Unit: |
Fair Isle Group (FIL)
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Previous Name(s): |
Vaasetter Sandstone Group
(-597)
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Alternative Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
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Stratotypes: |
Type Area |
Fair Isle, southern Shetland, Scotland. |
Reference(s): |
Mykura, W, 1970. The Old Red Sandstone sediments of Fair Isle, Shetland Islands, Bulletin of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, No.41. |
House, M R, Richardson, J B, Chaloner, W G, Allen, J R L, Holland, C H and Westoll, T S. 1977. A Correlation of Devonian rocks of the British Isles. Geological Society of London, Special Report No.8, Scottish Academic Press, Edinburgh. |
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
S126
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