The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

Ballachulish Slate Formation

Computer Code: DASL Preferred Map Code: notEntered
Status Code: Pending Upgrade
Age range: Neoproterozoic Era (AZ) — Neoproterozoic Era (AZ)
Lithological Description: Graphitic pelite, semipelite and slate with subsidiary pelite.
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: Ballachulish Subgroup (DABH)
Previous Name(s): Ballachulish Slate [Obsolete Name and Code: Use MEDS, DASL] (*559)
Alternative Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Stratotypes:
none recorded or not applicable
Reference(s):
none recorded or not applicable
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used:
S045 S062 S063 S053 S053