The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

Carn Chuinneag and Inchbae Augen Gneiss

Computer Code: CCIA Preferred Map Code: CCAG
Status Code: Pending Upgrade
Age range: Neoproterozoic Era (AZ) — Neoproterozoic Era (AZ)
Lithological Description: Gneissose granite and trace amphibolite.
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): Carn Chuinneag - Inchbae Augen Gneiss [Obsolete Name and Code: Use CCIA] (-2064)
Alternative Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Stratotypes:
none recorded or not applicable
Reference(s):
Shepherd, J, 1973. The structure and structural dating of the Carn Chinneag intrusion, Ross-shire. Scottish Journal of Geology, Vol.9, 63-88. 
Pidgeon, R T and Johnson, M R W, 1974. A comparison of zircon U-Pb and whole-rock Rb-Sr systems in three phases of the Carn Chuinneag granite, Northern Scotland. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Vol.24, 105-112. 
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used:
S093 S093 S093