Computer Code: |
FDHN |
Preferred Map Code: |
FN |
Status Code: |
Pending Upgrade |
Age range: |
Silurian Period (S)
— Early Devonian Epoch (DL) |
Lithological Description: |
Pluton composed of 3 main facies of grey to pink-grey, medium to coarse-grained granodiorite and monzogranite, abundant enclaves of metasediment. Minor small bodies of green-grey diorite and monzodiorite. Aplitic microgranite veins. |
Definition of Lower Boundary: |
none recorded or not applicable
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Definition of Upper Boundary: |
none recorded or not applicable
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Thickness: |
none recorded or not applicable
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Geographical Limits: |
Central and northern Monadhliath Highlands, Strath Dearn. In the Tomatin (sheet 74W) and Fortrose (sheet 84W) districts. |
Parent Unit: |
Argyll And Northern Highlands Granitic Suite (ANHGR)
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Previous Name(s): |
Findhorn Complex [Obsolete Name and Code: Use FDHN]
(-1537)
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Alternative Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
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Stratotypes: |
Type Area |
High cliffs of upper Findhorn [Strath Dearn] NW of Sith Mor to the Allt Calder. |
Reference Section |
Rock-filled meltwater channel - Caochan na Claise Gairbhe, north of Strath Dearn. |
Reference(s): |
British Geological Survey. 2001. Tomatin, Scotland sheet 74W, Solid and Drift Geology 1:50 000. (Keyworth, Nottingham: British Geological Survey.) |
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
S074
S084
S063
S073
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