The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

Eildon Hills Laccolith

Computer Code: EILD Preferred Map Code: EILD
Status Code: Full
Age range: Early Mississippian Epoch (CMIE) — Mid Mississippian Epoch (CMIM)
Lithological Description: Trachyte.
Definition of Lower Boundary: Intrusive contact.
Definition of Upper Boundary: Intrusive contact.
Thickness: none recorded or not applicable
Geographical Limits: Eildon Hills, Melrose, Scottish Borders.
Parent Unit: Tweed Subsuite (Of MCLFS) (MVFTW)
Previous Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Alternative Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Stratotypes:
Type Area  Eildon Hills, Melrose, Scottish Borders. McRobert 1914 
Reference(s):
McRobert, R A. 1914. Acid and intermediate intrusions and associated ash-necks in the neighbourhood of Melrose (Roxburghshire). Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society, London, Vol.70, 303 - 315. 
McAdam, A D, Clarkson, E N K and Stone, P (eds.) 1992. Scottish Borders Geology: an excursion guide. (Edinburgh: Scottish Academic Press) 220pp. 
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used:
S025