| Computer Code: |
RAMA |
Preferred Map Code: |
notEntered |
| Status Code: |
Full |
| Age range: |
Paleocene Epoch (GP)
— Paleocene Epoch (GP) |
| Lithological Description: |
Alkali basalt flows comprise the majority of this unit. Some flows are olivine- and/or plagioclase-phyric. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Overlies the Beinn Edra Formation in northeastern Skye; might overlie the Portree Hyaloclastite Formation farther west. |
| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Overlain by the Beinn Totaig Formation. |
| Thickness: |
To 760m |
| Geographical Limits: |
Northern Skye. |
| Parent Unit: |
Skye Lava Group (SKYL)
|
| Previous Name(s): |
Ramasaig Group [Obsolete Name and Code: Use RAMA]
(-1783)
|
| Alternative Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
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| Stratotypes: |
| Reference Section |
Waterstein Head, Waternish Point, north of Ramasaig, northwestern Skye. Bell and Williamson, 2002. |
| Reference Section |
Macloed's Tables, east of Ramasaig, northwestern Skye. Bell and Williamson, 2002. |
| Reference(s): |
| Bell, B R, and Williamson, I T. 2002. Tertiary igneous activity. 371-407 in The Geology of Scotland, 4th Edition. Trewin N H (editor). (London: The Geological Society.) |
| Emeleus, C H and Bell, B R. 2005. British Regional Geology: the Palaeogene volcanic districts of Scotland (Fourth Edition). (Nottingham: British Geological Survey.) x + 214pp. |
| Anderson, F W, and Dunham, K C. 1966. The geology of northern Skye. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, Scotland. Sheet 80 and parts of sheets 81, 90 and 91. Edinburgh, HMSO. |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
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S080
S080
S081
S090
S091
S081
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