The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details
Scatsta Pelitic Formation
| Computer Code: | DASP | Preferred Map Code: | notEntered |
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| Status Code: | Full | ||
| Age range: | Neoproterozoic Era (AZ) — Neoproterozoic Era (AZ) | ||
| Lithological Description: | Composed of mainly pelitic schists, some of which contain staurolite. Migmatisation is also present. | ||
| Definition of Lower Boundary: | Drawn at base of pelite of Scatsta Pelitic Formation where it rests conformably on psammite of the Yell Sound Division of the Moine. | ||
| Definition of Upper Boundary: | Drawn at conformable upward passage from pelite of the Scatsta Pelitic Formation to quartzite of the Scatsta Quartzitic Formation. | ||
| Thickness: | 1250 m approx. | ||
| Geographical Limits: | Shetlands, Scotland. | ||
| Parent Unit: | Boundary Zone Complex (BZ) | ||
| Previous Name(s): | Scatsa Pelitic Group [Obsolete Name and Code: Use DASP]
(-191)
Scatsta Pelite [Obsolete Name and Code: Use DASP] (-1476) |
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| Alternative Name(s): | none recorded or not applicable | ||
| Stratotypes: | |||
| Type Area | Scatsta, Shetland, Scotland. | ||
| Reference(s): | |||
| Mykura W, 1976 British Regional Geology: Orkney and Shetland (HMSO, Edinburgh).] | |||
| Flinn, D, and others, 1972. A revision of the stratigraphic succession of the East Mainland of Shetland. Scottish Journal of Geology, Vol.8, p. 335-343. | |||
| Harris, A L and others, 1973. A correlation of the Pre-Cambrian rocks in the British Isles. Geological Society of London Special Report No 6. | |||
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: | |||
| none recorded or not applicable | |||