The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

Moine Supergroup [Obsolete: use LNES, WROS]

Computer Code: M Preferred Map Code: notEntered
Status Code: Index Level
Age range: Neoproterozoic Era (AZ) — Neoproterozoic Era (AZ)
Lithological Description: [Obsolete: use LNES, WROS]
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: none recorded or not applicable
Previous Name(s): Moinian (Undivided) [Obsolete Name and Code: Use M] (-4778)
Alternative Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Stratotypes:
none recorded or not applicable
Reference(s):
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:
S094 S094 S062 S063 S071 S072 S072 S107 S073 S108 S073 S081 S082 S043 S043 S071 S044 S044 S082 S083 S083 S092 S092 S093 S093 S101 S053 S102 S102 S103 S108 S053 S061 S109 S109 S110 S115 S115 S116 S117 S119 S052 S052 S061 S062 S103 S114