| Computer Code: |
LOTR |
Preferred Map Code: |
notEntered |
| Status Code: |
Full, pending ratification |
| Age range: |
Neoproterozoic Era (AZ)
— Neoproterozoic Era (AZ) |
| Lithological Description: |
Red and green-grey mica schist, banded psammitic granulite with micaceous laminae as well as quartzite. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Drawn at base of banded psammitic granulite of the Corrour Granulite where it rests conformably on mica-schist of the Monadhliath Schist. |
| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Drawn at conformable upward passage from quartzite of the Stob Quartzite to fine-grained quartzite of the Eilde Quartzite. |
| Thickness: |
Not defined. |
| Geographical Limits: |
Highlands, north-west Scotland. |
| Parent Unit: |
Not Entered (?)
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| Previous Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
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| Alternative Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
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| Stratotypes: |
| Type Area |
Loch Treig, near Fort William, Highlands, Scotland. |
| Reference(s): |
| Hinxman, L W and MacGregor, M, 1923. The geology of Corrour and the Moor of Rannoch. Memoirs of the British Geological Survey. (Scotland). |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
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S053
S054
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