The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

Northwest Grampian Granitic Subsuite

Computer Code: NWGRA Preferred Map Code: notEntered
Status Code: Pending Upgrade
Age range: Ordovician Period (O) — Ordovician Period (O)
Lithological Description: Granitic-rock.
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: Scottish Highlands Ordovician Suite (HIO)
Previous Name(s): North-West Grampian Granitic Suite (Ordovician) [Obsolete Name and Code: Use NWGRA] (-4231)
Alternative Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Stratotypes:
none recorded or not applicable
Reference(s):
Gillespie, M R, Campbell, S D G, and Stephenson, D. 2011. BGS classification of lithodemic units: a classification of onshore Phanerozoic intrusions in the UK. British Geological Survey Research Report, RR/12/01. 58pp. 
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used:
S084 S084