| Computer Code: |
GLEN |
Preferred Map Code: |
notEntered |
| Status Code: |
Full |
| Age range: |
Tonian Period (AT)
— Tonian Period (AT) |
| Lithological Description: |
Pelitic gneiss, and intimately interbanded ('striped') psammite, pelite, semipelite and quartzite, variably gneissose. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Overlies the Sgurr Beag Thrust; with Morar Group beneath; locally unconformable upon Lewisianoid Gneiss. |
| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Overlain by the Loch Eil Group (LEIL) with a transitional, possibly interfingering boundary. |
| Thickness: |
Strongly deformed, likely several km. |
| Geographical Limits: |
Northern Highlands. Restricted to the Sgurr Beag Nappe and structural equivalents. |
| Parent Unit: |
Loch Ness Supergroup (LNES)
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| Previous Name(s): |
Glenfinnan Division [Obsolete Name And Code: Use GLEN]
(MB)
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| Alternative Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
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| Stratotypes: |
| none recorded or not applicable |
| Reference(s): |
| Roberts, A M, Strachan, R A, Harris, A L, Barr, D and Holdsworth, R E, 1987. The Sgurr Beag Nappe: A reassessment of the stratigraphy and structure of the Northern Highland Moine. Geological Society of America Bulletin, Vol.98, 497-506. |
| Strachan, R A, May, F and Barr, D, 1988. The Glenfinnan and Loch Eil Divisions of the Moine Assemblage. 32-45 IIV Winchester, J A (editor). Later Proterozoic stratigraphy of the Northern Atlantic regions (Glasgow and London: Blackie). |
| Krabbendam, M. 2021. A stratigraphic framework for the early Neoproterozoic successions of the Northern Highlands of Scotland. UK Stratigraphic Framework Series. British Geological Survey Open Report, OR/21/072. 86pp. |
| Krabbendam M, Strachan R A, Prave A. 2021. A new stratigraphic framework for the early Neoproterozoic successions of Scotland. Journal of the Geological Society of London. doi:10.1144/jgs2021-054 |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
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S062
S072
S072
S073
S073
S082
S044
S044
S082
S083
S043
S092
S093
S093
S102
S103
S103
S053
S109
S109
S061
S062
S108
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