The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

Glen Gour Quartzite and Pelite Member

Computer Code: GGQP Preferred Map Code: notEntered
Status Code: Full
Age range: Tonian Period (AT) — Tonian Period (AT)
Lithological Description: Top unit: Pelite; garnetiferous, gneissose, locally migmatitic. Basal unit: Quartzite; white, coarse, massive.
Definition of Lower Boundary: Enclosed witihin the Tarvie Psammite Formation (TAPS); near its centre.
Definition of Upper Boundary: Enclosed within the Tarvie Psammite Formation (TAPS); near its centre.
Thickness: none recorded or not applicable
Geographical Limits: Northern Highlands, Ardgour.
Parent Unit: Tarvie Psammite Formation (TAPS)
Previous Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Alternative Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Stratotypes:
none recorded or not applicable
Reference(s):
Krabbendam, M. 2021. A stratigraphic framework for the early Neoproterozoic successions of the Northern Highlands of Scotland. UK Stratigraphic Framework Series. British Geological Survey Open Report, OR/21/072. 86pp. 
British Geological Survey. 2007. Ardgour. Scotland Sheet 53W. Bedrock and Superficial Deposits. 1:50 000 Geology Series. (Keyworth, Nottingham: British Geological Survey.) 
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used:
S053