| Computer Code: |
LEIL |
Preferred Map Code: |
notEntered |
| Status Code: |
Full |
| Age range: |
Tonian Period (AT)
— Tonian Period (AT) |
| Lithological Description: |
Predominantly psammite, with quartzite units near its base. Locally, thin semipelitic units. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Upon the Glenfinnan Group (GLEN) with a transitional, possibly interfingering boundary. |
| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Not known. Commonly unconformably overlain by Old red Sandstone. |
| Thickness: |
At least 2.5 km thick, up to about 5 km. |
| Geographical Limits: |
Northern Highlands. Restricted to the Sgurr Beag Nappe and structural equivalents. |
| Parent Unit: |
Loch Ness Supergroup (LNES)
|
| Previous Name(s): |
Loch Eil Division [Obsolete Name and Code: Use LEIL]
(-2287)
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| Alternative Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
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| Stratotypes: |
| none recorded or not applicable |
| Reference(s): |
| 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). |
| 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. 1986. Shallow marine sedimentation in the Proterozoic Moine succession, northern Scotland: Precambrian Research, v. 32, no. 1, p. 17-33. |
| 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. |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
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S062
S063
S072
S073
S083
S093
S093
S103
S053
S053
S109
S109
S110
S061
S062
S103
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