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Old Red Sandstone
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Upper Old Red Sandstone (UORSS)
The UORSS often overlaps the MORS due to basin migration and thinning. It grades upwards into the earliest Carboniferous formations. The UORSS is often marked by the appearance of Rhacolepis equivalents in its marine equivalents, suggesting increasing environmental influence from the adjacent shallow epicontinental seas. Sedimentologically, it represent…