Computer Code: |
DBHP |
Preferred Map Code: |
notEntered |
Status Code: |
Index Level |
Age range: |
Neoproterozoic Era (AZ)
— Neoproterozoic Era (AZ) |
Lithological Description: |
[Obsolete: use CLHI] Colour banded semi-pelitic phyllite with intercalations of quartzite. Laminated phyllites contain muscovite and some are graphitic. Thick units of coarse, feldspathic grit occur. |
Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Drawn at base of pelite and semi-pelite of the Clift Hills Phyllitic Group where it rests conformably on meta-spilite of the Asta Spilitic Group. |
Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Drawn at conformable upward passage from semi-pelite and pelite of the Clift Hills Phyllitic Group to pelitic wacke of the Dunrossness Phyllitic Group. |
Thickness: |
2300m approx. |
Geographical Limits: |
Shetlands, Scotland. |
Parent Unit: |
none recorded or not applicable
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Previous Name(s): |
Clift Hills Phyllite
(-847)
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Alternative Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
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Stratotypes: |
Type Area |
Clift Hills, Shetland, Scotland. |
Reference(s): |
Mykura W, 1976 British Regional Geology: Orkney and Shetland (HMSO, Edinburgh).] |
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
none recorded or not applicable |