Computer Code: |
WEGP |
Preferred Map Code: |
notEntered |
Status Code: |
Full |
Age range: |
Tonian Period (AT)
— Tonian Period (AT) |
Lithological Description: |
Psammite, pelite, calc-silicate rock; variably gneissose. |
Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Not exposed; unknown. |
Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Overlain by Valla Field Group (Dalradian), with ?sheared unconformity. |
Thickness: |
none recorded or not applicable
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Geographical Limits: |
NE Shetland: Unst, Fetlar, Linga. |
Parent Unit: |
Wester Ross Supergroup (WROS)
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Previous Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
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Alternative Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
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Stratotypes: |
none recorded or not applicable |
Reference(s): |
Krabbendam, M. 2021. A stratigraphic framework for the early Neoproterozoic successions of the Northern Highlands of Scotland. UK Stratigraphic Framework Series. British Geological Survey Open Report, OR/21/072. 86pp. |
Flinn, D. 2014. Geology of Unst, Fetlar and adjacent islands. Memoir of the British Geological Survey, Sheets 131 and part of 130, Scotland. |
Cutts, K A, Hand, M, Kelsey, D E, Wade, B, Strachan, R A, Clark, C, and Netting, A. 2009. Evidence for 930 Ma metamorphism in the Shetland Islands, Scottish Caledonides: implications for Neoproterozoic tectonics in the Laurentia-Baltica sector of Rodinia. Journal of the Geological Society, Vol. 166, 1033-1047. |
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
S131
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