The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

Outer Hebrides Thrust Zone Mylonites Complex

Computer Code: OHTZ Preferred Map Code: OHT
Status Code: Pending Upgrade
Age range: Archean Eon (AR) — Proterozoic Eon (AP)
Lithological Description: Mylonite and trace cataclasite, protocataclasite and pseudotachylite.
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: Not Applicable (-)
Previous Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Alternative Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Stratotypes:
none recorded or not applicable
Reference(s):
Fettes, D J, Mendum, J R, Smith, D I and Watson, J V, 1984. Geology of the Outer Hebrides. Memoir of the British Geological Survey, Sheets (solid edition) Lewis and Harris, Uist and Barra (Scotland). 
Kursten, M, 1957. The metamorphic and tectonic history of parts of the Outer Hebrides. Transactions of the Edinburgh Geological Society, Vol.17, 1-31. 
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used:
S344 S346 S342 S340