Computer Code: |
WASH |
Preferred Map Code: |
notEntered |
Status Code: |
Pending Upgrade |
Age range: |
Asbian Substage (CR)
— Asbian Substage (CR) |
Lithological Description: |
Variable sequence of shales, calcareous mudstones, and thin sandstones, with thin calcareous and cherty bands. |
Definition of Lower Boundary: |
none recorded or not applicable
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Definition of Upper Boundary: |
none recorded or not applicable
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Thickness: |
To c.325m |
Geographical Limits: |
Recognised locally in Midlothian; named after Wardie in Edinburgh. |
Parent Unit: |
Gullane Formation (GUL)
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Previous Name(s): |
Wardie Shales [Obsolete Name and Code: Use WASH]
(-1904)
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Alternative Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
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Stratotypes: |
none recorded or not applicable |
Reference(s): |
Lexique Stratigraphique International. 1971. Volume 1, Europe, Fascicule 3a, England, Wales and Scotland, Part 3a VII, Lower Carboniferous (Dinantian). |
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
S032
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