The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

Skaw Intrusion

Computer Code: SKAW Preferred Map Code: SKW
Status Code: Pending Upgrade
Age range: Silurian Period (S) — Devonian Period (D)
Lithological Description: Metagranitic-rock and trace porphyritic microgranite.
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 Available (!)
Previous Name(s): Skaw Granite [Obsolete Name and Code: Use SKAW] (-2423)
Alternative Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Stratotypes:
none recorded or not applicable
Reference(s):
Flinn, D. 2014. Geology of Unst, Fetlar and adjacent islands. Memoir of the British Geological Survey, Sheets 131 and part of 130, Scotland. 
Mykura W, 1976 British Regional Geology: Orkney and Shetland (HMSO, Edinburgh).] 
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used:
S131