Computer Code: |
DRP |
Preferred Map Code: |
DRP |
Status Code: |
Full |
Age range: |
Tournaisian Age (CT)
— Tournaisian Age (CT) |
Lithological Description: |
Purplish red, commonly conglomeratic, sandstones passing up into thick red, silty and sandy marls, commonly packed with cornstone nodules. |
Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Faulted. |
Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Faulted. |
Thickness: |
25m |
Geographical Limits: |
Coastal section at Orroland Heugh. |
Parent Unit: |
Orroland Member (ORR)
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Previous Name(s): |
Dropping Craig Formation [Obsolete Name and Code: Use DRP]
(-4623)
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Alternative Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
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Stratotypes: |
Type Section |
Coastal section at Orroland Heugh. |
Reference(s): |
Deegan, C E. 1973. Tectonic control of sedimentation at the margin of a Carboniferous depositional basin in Kirkcudbrightshire. Scottish Journal of Geology, Vol. 9, p. 1 - 28. |
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
S005
S005
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