| Computer Code: |
DYSH |
Preferred Map Code: |
notEntered |
| Status Code: |
Index Level |
| Age range: |
Asbian Substage (CR)
— Asbian Substage (CR) |
| Lithological Description: |
Soft bluish shaly mudstones, locally relatively oil-rich (sapropelite), with nodular and tabular ironstones. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
none recorded or not applicable
|
| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
none recorded or not applicable
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| Thickness: |
none recorded or not applicable
|
| Geographical Limits: |
Eastern part of the Midland Valley; Midlothian - particularly the area around Dalmahoy. |
| Parent Unit: |
Calders Member (CDE)
|
| Previous Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
|
| Alternative Name(s): |
Dalmahoy Oil-Shale
|
| Stratotypes: |
| none recorded or not applicable |
| Reference(s): |
| none recorded or not applicable |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
|
S032
S032
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