The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

Resipol Striped Formation

Computer Code: RESI Preferred Map Code: symb
Status Code: Full
Age range: Tonian Period (AT) — Tonian Period (AT)
Lithological Description: Psammite, with interbanded pelitic gneiss.
Definition of Lower Boundary: Upon the Salen Pelite Formation (SALP), likely conformable.
Definition of Upper Boundary: Overlain by the Lochailort Pelite Formation (MBLA), likely conformable.
Thickness: none recorded or not applicable
Geographical Limits: West Highlands: from Sound of Mull, via Loch Sunart to Kinlochmoidart. Restricted to the Sgurr Beag Nappe.
Parent Unit: Glenfinnan Group (GLEN)
Previous Name(s): Resipol Striped Assemblage [Formation] [Obsolete Name and Code: Use RESI] (-2999)
Alternative Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Stratotypes:
none recorded or not applicable
Reference(s):
Roberts, A M, Strachan, R A, Harris, A L, Barr, D and Holdsworth, R E, 1987. The Sgurr Beag Nappe: A reassessment of the stratigraphy and structure of the Northern Highland Moine. Geological Society of America Bulletin, Vol.98, 497-506. 
Krabbendam, M. 2021. A stratigraphic framework for the early Neoproterozoic successions of the Northern Highlands of Scotland. UK Stratigraphic Framework Series. British Geological Survey Open Report, OR/21/072. 86pp. 
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used:
S052