| Computer Code: |
DBIH |
Preferred Map Code: |
notEntered |
| Status Code: |
Index Level |
| Age range: |
Neoproterozoic Era (AZ)
— Neoproterozoic Era (AZ) |
| Lithological Description: |
[Obsolete: use INZ] Mainly gneissose semi-pelite, pelite, psammite, calc-silicate rock and amphibolite as well as quartzite and marble. Evident migmatitic or gneissose textures. (Correlative of Inzie Head Group = Cowhythe Gneiss Group). |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Drawn at base of pelite and semipelite of the Inzie Head Group - Basement. |
| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Drawn at conformable upward passage from pelite and semi-pelite of the Inzie Head Group to quartzite of the Mormond Hill Quartzite. |
| Thickness: |
Not known. |
| Geographical Limits: |
Grampian, Scotland. |
| Parent Unit: |
none recorded or not applicable
|
| Previous Name(s): |
Inzie Head Gneiss [Obsolete Name and Code: Use DBIH]
(-2744)
|
| Alternative Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
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| Stratotypes: |
| Type Area |
Inzie Head, near Fraserburgh, Grampian, Scotland. |
| Reference(s): |
| Wilson, A A, 1882. Northern Aberdeenshire. Eastern Banffshire. Memoirs of the Geological Survey, Scotland. |
| Read, H H and Farquhar, O C, 1955. The Buchan anticline of the Banff Nappe of Dalradian rocks in north-east Scotland. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society, Vol.112, p.131. |
| 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. |
| Definition not published. |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
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S097
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