Computer Code: |
DCIG |
Preferred Map Code: |
notEntered |
Status Code: |
Full, pending ratification |
Age range: |
Neoproterozoic Era (AZ)
— Neoproterozoic Era (AZ) |
Lithological Description: |
Pebbly schistose grits, schistose grits, greywackes, black and green slates. Black slates occur with sporadic seams of dark lime and grit. Conglomerate also occurs. (Innellan Group = stratigraphic equivalent of the Dunoon Phyllites). |
Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Drawn at base of semi-pelitic wacke of the Innellan Group where it rests conformably on psammitic wacke of the Bullrock Greywacke. |
Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Drawn at unconformable upward change from conglomerate and semi-pelitic wacke of the Innellan Group to probable Upper Old Red Sandstone. |
Thickness: |
1000m approx. |
Geographical Limits: |
Strathclyde, Scotland. |
Parent Unit: |
Not Entered (?)
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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: |
Type Area |
Innellan, Strathclyde, Scotland. |
Reference(s): |
Roberts, J L, 1966. Sedimentary affiliations and stratigraphic correlation of the Dalradian rocks in the south-west Highlands of Scotland. Scottish Journal of Geology, Vol.2, 200-223. |
Harris, A L and others, 1973. A correlation of the Pre-Cambrian rocks in the British Isles. Geological Society of London Special Report No 6. |
Roberts, J L, 1974. The structure of the Dalradian rocks in the south-west Highlands of Scotland. Journal of the Geological Society, Vol.130, p.93-124. |
Paterson, I B and others. 1990. Geology of the Greenock district. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, Sheet 30W. (Scotland). |
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
none recorded or not applicable |