The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

Rum Subswarm

Computer Code: RUM Preferred Map Code: notEntered
Status Code: Index Level
Age range: Paleogene Period (G) — Paleogene Period (G)
Lithological Description: Basalt, feldspar-phyric basalt and olivine melamicrogabbro.
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: Muck-Ardnamurchan Swarm (MKARD)
Previous Name(s): Rum Subswarm [Obsolete Code: Use RUM] (RHUM)
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:
S060