Computer Code: |
PCRK |
Preferred Map Code: |
PCRK |
Status Code: |
Full |
Age range: |
Pridoli Epoch (SO)
— Early Devonian Epoch (DL) |
Lithological Description: |
Zoned granitic intrusion, granitic core, dioritic envelope. |
Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Intrusive contact. |
Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Intrusive contact. |
Thickness: |
c. 5 square km in area |
Geographical Limits: |
South end of Rhins of Galloway. |
Parent Unit: |
Galloway Granitic Suite (GALGR)
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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: |
Reference Section |
Coastal section around Portencorkrie. Holgate, 1943 |
Reference(s): |
Holgate, N. 1943. The Portencorkrie Complex of Wigtownshire. Geological Magazine. Vol. 80, p. 171 - 195. |
Stone, P, 1995. Geology of the Rhins of Galloway district. Memoir of the British Geological Survey, Sheets 1 & 3 (Scotland). |
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
S001
S003
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