The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

Glen Loch Phyllite and Limestone Formation

Computer Code: GLPL Preferred Map Code: symb
Status Code: Pending Upgrade
Age range: Neoproterozoic Era (AZ) — Neoproterozoic Era (AZ)
Lithological Description: Neoproterozoic.
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): Appin Phyllite And Limestone Formation (DAAP)
Appin Phyllite And Limestone Formation (DAAP)
Alternative Name(s): Gleann Beag Phyllites
Gleann Beag Ribbed Limestone
Glen Baddoch White Limestone
Monzie Limestone And Schist
Stratotypes:
none recorded or not applicable
Reference(s):
Crane, A, Goodman, S, Krabbendam, M K, Leslie, A G, Paterson, I B, Robertson, S and Rollin, K, 1996. Geology of the Glen Shee district. Memoir of the British Geological Survey, Sheet 56W and adjacent areas (Scotland). 
Stephenson, D. 1996. Field Report 1992 and 1995 (part of Sheets NN97NW/NE/SW/SE, NN98SE, NO07NW/SW and NO08SW). British Geological Survey internal report No.HI/DS/95/1. 
Harris, A L, Haselock, P J, Kennedy, M J and Mendum, J R, 1994. The Dalradian Supergroup in Scotland, Shetland and Ireland. 33-53 in Gibbons, W E and Harris, A L (editors). A revised correlation of Precambrian rocks in the British Isles. Special Report of the Geological Society, London, No.22. 
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used:
S055 S064 S065