Computer Code: |
BUHD |
Preferred Map Code: |
BURN |
Status Code: |
Full |
Age range: |
Silurian Period (S)
— Early Devonian Epoch (DL) |
Lithological Description: |
Minor granitic pluton. |
Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Intrusive. |
Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Intrusive. |
Thickness: |
Elongate intrusion c. 1.7km x 0.5km with long axis orientated roughly E - W. |
Geographical Limits: |
Southern Uplands, Scotland. |
Parent Unit: |
South Of Scotland Granitic Suite (SSCGR)
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Previous Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
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Alternative Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
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Stratotypes: |
Type Area |
Area south and southeast of Bennan Hill, c. 7km southsouthwest of Carsphairn, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland. |
Reference(s): |
Gardiner, C I and Reynolds, S H, 1932. The Loch Doon 'granite' area, Galloway. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society, London, Vol. 88, p. 1 - 33. |
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
S008
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