Computer Code: |
BEQU |
Preferred Map Code: |
SYMB |
Status Code: |
Full |
Age range: |
Neoproterozoic Era (AZ)
— Neoproterozoic Era (AZ) |
Lithological Description: |
Quartzite, pinkish white, massive. |
Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Base of massive quartzite, not exposed. |
Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Top of massive quartzite where overlain by flaggy micaceous psammites and semipelites of the Findlater Flag Formation. |
Thickness: |
Over 200m. |
Geographical Limits: |
Core of Ardonald Anticline on Jock's Hill, Dufftown and from Clunymore to Hill of Bellyhack. |
Parent Unit: |
Cullen Quartzite Formation (CUQU)
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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: |
Type Section |
Burn on NW flank of Hill of Bellyhack. |
Reference Section |
Jock's Hill to Goodman's Knowe, Dufftown (few outcrops, mostly quartzite debris). |
Reference(s): |
none recorded or not applicable |
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
S085
S086
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