The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

Swordly Pelite Member

Computer Code: SWOR Preferred Map Code: notEntered
Status Code: Full
Age range: Tonian Period (AT) — Tonian Period (AT)
Lithological Description: Pelite, gneissose.
Definition of Lower Boundary: At or near base of Loch Coire Formation (LOCE).
Definition of Upper Boundary: At or near base of Loch Coire Formation (LOCE).
Thickness: none recorded or not applicable
Geographical Limits: Northern Highlands, Sutherland. Restricted to the Swordly Nappe.
Parent Unit: Loch Coire Formation (LOCE)
Previous Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Alternative Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Stratotypes:
none recorded or not applicable
Reference(s):
Strachan, R A, May, F and Barr, D, 1988. The Glenfinnan and Loch Eil Divisions of the Moine Assemblage. 32-45 IIV Winchester, J A (editor). Later Proterozoic stratigraphy of the Northern Atlantic regions (Glasgow and London: Blackie). 
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:
S115