Computer Code: |
BRN |
Preferred Map Code: |
notEntered |
Status Code: |
Full |
Age range: |
Late Devonian Epoch (DU)
— Late Devonian Epoch (DU) |
Lithological Description: |
Dull red or purple, fine- to very coarse-grained sandstones characterised by the presence of siliceous pebbles, which also form conglomeratic bands. |
Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Unconformable on the Ochil Volcanic Formation. |
Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Drawn at the conformable upward passage from red or purple, pebbly sandstones of the Burnside Formation, to the brown, yellow, red, purple or cream sandstones of the Glenvale Formation. |
Thickness: |
Up to 160 m thick, in the Lomond Hills area. |
Geographical Limits: |
Sheets 40, 48, 49, Fife-Kinross-Leuchars. |
Parent Unit: |
Stratheden Group (SAG)
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Previous Name(s): |
Burnside Formation
(-84)
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Alternative Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
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Stratotypes: |
Type Area |
Burnside, near the Lomond Hills, Fife, Scotland. |
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. |
Cameron, I B and Stephenson, D, 1985. British Regional Geology: The Midland Valley of Scotland (3rd Edition). (London: HMSO for British Geological Survey). |
Paterson, I B and Hall, I H S. 1986. Lithostratigraphy of the late Devonian and early Carboniferous rocks in the Midland Valley of Scotland. British Geological Survey Report, 18/3. |
Chisholm, J I and Dean, J M, 1974. The Upper Old Red Sandstone of Fife and Kinross: A fluviatile sequence with evidence of marine incursion. Scottish Journal of Geology, Vol. 10, 1-30. |
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
S048
S049
S040
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