The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

Annandale Sandstone Beds

Computer Code: ANSA Preferred Map Code: ANSD
Status Code: Full
Age range: Courceyan Substage (CF) — Courceyan Substage (CF)
Lithological Description: Dark red, fine-grained to coarse-grained sandstone and locally derived conglomerate.
Definition of Lower Boundary: Conformable on Birrenswark Volcanic Formation.
Definition of Upper Boundary: Gradational, passing up into sequence characterised by thin dolomitic limestones (cementstones), sandstones and mudstones.
Thickness: 180m
Geographical Limits: Restricted to the Dalton area of Dumfriesshire (1:50000 Sheets 10 W, Lochmaben and 10 E, Ecclefechan [Scotland]).
Parent Unit: Kirkbean Cementstone Member (KICM)
Previous Name(s): Annandale Sandstone Member [Obsolete Name and Code: Use ANSA] (-16)
Annandale Sandstone [Obsolete Name and Code: Use ANSA] (-4431)
Annandale Sandstone Bed [Obsolete Name and Code: Use ANSA] (-2564)
Alternative Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Stratotypes:
Type Area  Sections exposed in river Annan between Rochell and Hoddom Castle, 4 km. SW of Ecclefechan. 
Reference(s):
Nairn, A E M. 1956. The lower Carboniferous rocks between the rivers Esk and Annan Dumfriesshire. Transactions of the Geological Society of Glasgow, 22, p.80-93. 
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used:
S010