The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details
Badanloch Granite Sheets
Computer Code: | BADG | Preferred Map Code: | G |
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Status Code: | Index Level | ||
Age range: | Ordovician Period (O) — Ordovician Period (O) | ||
Lithological Description: | A locally highly foliated sodic, plagioclase granite with biotite schlieren. | ||
Definition of Lower Boundary: | The sheets are subconcordant within the Moine metasedimentary rocks. | ||
Definition of Upper Boundary: | The sheets are subconcordant within the Moine sedimentary rocks. | ||
Thickness: | Variable. | ||
Geographical Limits: | Caithness and Sutherland, Scotland. | ||
Parent Unit: | Scottish Highland Ordovician Minor Intrusion Suite (HOMI) | ||
Previous Name(s): | Loch Choire Injection Complex [Obsolete Name and Code: Use BADG]
(-1964)
Sodic Granite [Obsolete Name and Code: Use BADG] (-1325) |
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Alternative Name(s): | none recorded or not applicable | ||
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: | |||
S115 |