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Eileans Sandstone Member (ELN), Cumbrae Isles, Carboniferous, Midland Valley of Scotland
Eileans Sandstone Member is part of the Clyde Sandstone Formation.
Name
Named after the Eileans, Millport Bay, Great Cumbrae, Strathclyde.
Lithology
Mainly white, cross-bedded sandstone (see Paterson and Hall, 1986[1]; BGS, in preparation).
Stratotype
The type area is the Eileans (NS 164 546), Millport Bay, Great Cumbrae, Strathclyde.
Lower and upper boundaries
Base not seen, but presumed transitional on the Millport Cornstones Member (Figure 6, Column 2).
Top not seen, but presumed overlain by extrusive igneous rocks of the Clyde Plateau Volcanic Formation.
Thickness
About 150 m. However, BGS (2008)[2] gave a generalised thickness of 128 m for the formation.
Distribution and regional correlation
Cumbrae Isles, Strathclyde
Age
Tournaisian
References
- ↑ Paterson, I B, and Hall, I H S. 1986. Lithostratigraphy of the late Devonian and early Carboniferous rocks in the Midland Valley of Scotland.Report of the British Geological Survey,Vol. 8, No. 3
- ↑ British Geological Survey. 2008. Dunoon and Millport. Scotland Sheet 29E with part of 21E. Bedrock and Superficial Deposits. 1:50.000. (Keyworth, Nottingham: British Geological Survey.)