Computer Code: |
TCDB |
Preferred Map Code: |
TCDB |
Status Code: |
Full |
Age range: |
Tonian Period (AT)
— Tonian Period (AT) |
Lithological Description: |
Conglomerate, coarse, gritty sandstone. |
Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Not known. |
Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Conformably overlain by the Sgurr Na Stri Member (TCDS); poorly exposed. Elsewhere unconformably overlain by Jurassic strata. |
Thickness: |
70 m (mimimum). |
Geographical Limits: |
Skye, Loch Scavaig. |
Parent Unit: |
Diabaig Formation (TCD)
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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: |
none recorded or not applicable |
Reference(s): |
British Geological Survey. 2002. Broadford. Scotland Sheet 71W. Solid and Drift Geology. 1:50 000 Geology Series. (Keyworth, Nottingham: British Geological Survey.) |
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. |
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
S071
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