The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

Eigg Lava Formation

Computer Code: EIGL Preferred Map Code: symb
Status Code: Pending Upgrade
Age range: Paleocene Epoch (GP) — Paleocene Epoch (GP)
Lithological Description: Basalt and basalt lava and trace dolerite, mugearite and olivine-basalt.
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: Not Applicable (-)
Previous Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Alternative Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Stratotypes:
none recorded or not applicable
Reference(s):
Emeleus, C H. 1997. Geology of Rum and the adjacent islands. Memoir (sheet) of the Geological Survey of Great Britain (Scotland) (60). (The Stationery Office for the British Geological Survey.) 171pp. 
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used:
S060 S061