The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details
Whitehouse Conglomerate Formation
| Computer Code: | WCO | Preferred Map Code: | WCO |
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| Status Code: | Full | ||
| Age range: | Silurian Period (S) — Early Devonian Epoch (DL) | ||
| Lithological Description: | A massive, thickly bedded, or weakly cross-stratified, clast supported conglomerate, and pebbly sandstone, chiefly of 'Highland' provenance. | ||
| Definition of Lower Boundary: | The base of the lowest conglomerate bed overlying the Gourdon Sandstone Formation. | ||
| Definition of Upper Boundary: | The base of the lowest lava in the Crawton Volcanic Formation. | ||
| Thickness: | From 60 m to 300 m thick. | ||
| Geographical Limits: | Couts [NO 823 700] south of Gourdon to Thornyhive Bay [NO 878 826]. | ||
| Parent Unit: | Dunnottar-Crawton Group (DRCR) | ||
| Previous Name(s): | Fowls Heugh Conglomerate Formation [Obsolete Name And Code: See WCO]
(FHC)
Rouen Formation [Obsolete Name And Code: See WCO] (RNF) |
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| Alternative Name(s): | none recorded or not applicable | ||
| Stratotypes: | |||
| Type Section | Coastal section from Whitehouse to Gourdon. | ||
| Partial Type Section | Coastal section from Thornyhive Bay to Fowls Heugh | ||
| Reference(s): | |||
| Browne, M A E, Smith, R A, and Aitken, A M. 2002. Stratigraphical framework for the Devonian (Old Red Sandstone) rocks of Scotland south of a line from Fort William to Aberdeen. British Geological Survey Research Report RR/01/04. 67 pp. | |||
| 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: | |||
| S067 | |||