| Computer Code: |
AWE |
Preferred Map Code: |
notEntered |
| Status Code: |
Full, pending ratification |
| Age range: |
Neoproterozoic Era (AZ)
— Neoproterozoic Era (AZ) |
| Lithological Description: |
Dark grey, black or blue limestones, highly pebbly quartzites, pebbly or non-pebbly, black-grey slates, conglomerate and pillow lavas associated with slate and limestone. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Drawn at base of quartzite conglomerate of the Loch Awe Group where it rests unconformably on the Ardrishaig Phyllites. |
| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Drawn at unconformable upward change from schistose volcanic rocks of the Loch Awe Group to recent deposits. |
| Thickness: |
At least 90 metres. |
| Geographical Limits: |
Strathclyde, Scotland. |
| Parent Unit: |
Not Entered (?)
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| Previous Name(s): |
Loch Awe Series [Obsolete Name and Code: Use AWE]
(-2570)
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| Alternative Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
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| Stratotypes: |
| Type Area |
Loch Awe, Strathclyde, Scotland |
| Reference(s): |
| Hill, J B, 1899. On the progressive metamorphism of some Dalradian sediments in the region of Loch Awe. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society, Vol.55, p.470-493. |
| Peach, B N, Wilson, J S G, Hill, J B, Bailey, E B and Grabham, C W, 1911. The geology of Knapdale, Jura and North Kintyre. Memoir of the Geological Survey of Scotland, sheet 28 (Scotland). |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
| none recorded or not applicable |
