The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

Collieston Formation

Computer Code: COLN Preferred Map Code: symb
Status Code: Pending Upgrade
Age range: Neoproterozoic Era (AZ) — Neoproterozoic Era (AZ)
Lithological Description: Pelite, psammite and semipelite and trace calcsilicate-rock, gneiss and metalimestone.
Definition of Lower Boundary: none recorded or not applicable
Definition of Upper Boundary: none recorded or not applicable
Thickness: none recorded or not applicable
Geographical Limits: none recorded or not applicable
Parent Unit: Southern Highland Group (SOHI)
Previous Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Alternative Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Stratotypes:
none recorded or not applicable
Reference(s):
Munro, M, 1986. Geology of the country around Aberdeen. Memoir of the British Geological Survey, Sheet 77 (Scotland). 
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used:
S077