The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details
Jura Slate Member
Computer Code: | JUSL | Preferred Map Code: | SYMB |
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Status Code: | Pending Upgrade | ||
Age range: | Neoproterozoic Era (AZ) — Neoproterozoic Era (AZ) | ||
Lithological Description: | Graphitic pelite and trace pelite and semipelite. | ||
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: | Scarba Conglomerate Formation (SCCO) | ||
Previous Name(s): | Jura Slate [Obsolete Code: Use JUSL]
(DBJS)
Jura Slate(s) [Obsolete Name and Code: Use JUSL] (-1618) |
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Alternative Name(s): | none recorded or not applicable | ||
Stratotypes: | |||
none recorded or not applicable | |||
Reference(s): | |||
Anderton, R. 1977. The Dalradian rocks of Jura, Scottish Journal of Geology, Vol. 13, 135-142. | |||
Peach, B N, Wilson, J S G, Hill, J B, Bailey, E B and Grabham, C W, 1911. The geology of Knapdale, Jura and North Kintyre. Memoir of the Geological Survey of Scotland, sheet 28 (Scotland). | |||
Anderton, R. 1976. Tidal-shelf sedimentation: an example from the Scottish Dalradian. Sedimentology, Vol. 23, 429-458. | |||
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: | |||
S028 S019 S036 S028 S045 |