Computer Code: |
BALW |
Preferred Map Code: |
BALW |
Status Code: |
Full |
Age range: |
Early Devonian Epoch (DL)
— Early Devonian Epoch (DL) |
Lithological Description: |
Granite sheet intruded into wackes of the Gala Group (Silurian). |
Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Intrusive. |
Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Intrusive. |
Thickness: |
Elongate sheet c.4.5km x 0.2km, orientated NE - SW. |
Geographical Limits: |
Thornhill area. |
Parent Unit: |
Galloway Granitic Suite (GALGR)
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Previous Name(s): |
"Syenite On Ridge Between Scaw'd Law And Roger Law"
(-666)
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Alternative Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
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Stratotypes: |
Type Section |
Ridge including Scaw'd Law, Ballencleuch Law and Roger Law, about 11km northeast of Thornhill, Dumfriesshire. |
Reference(s): |
Geological Survey of Scotland. 1871. Explanation of Sheet 15. Memoir of the Geological Survey, Scotland. HMSO: Edinburgh. |
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
S015
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