The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

Orkney Swarm

Computer Code: ORKY Preferred Map Code: notEntered
Status Code: Pending Upgrade
Age range: Late Mississippian Epoch (CMIL) — Permian Period (P)
Lithological Description: none recorded or not applicable
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 Late Carboniferous To Permian Alkali Dyke Suite (HCPAD)
Previous Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Alternative Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Stratotypes:
none recorded or not applicable
Reference(s):
none recorded or not applicable
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used:
S117 S117 S119 S119 S120 S121