The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

Brochel Member

Computer Code: TCBL Preferred Map Code: notEntered
Status Code: Full
Age range: Tonian Period (AT) — Tonian Period (AT)
Lithological Description: Grey mudstone, micaceous siltstone, coarse sandstone, thick-bedded 'graywacke' sandstone; medium-coarse, thick-bedded sandstone.
Definition of Lower Boundary: In part conformable upon Torran Member (TCTN); in part Unconformable upon Lewisian Gneiss (L).
Definition of Upper Boundary: Conformably overlain by Loch An Uach Member (TCLU) - Applecross Formation (TCA).
Thickness: c. 130 m.
Geographical Limits: Inner Hebrides: Raasay, Scalpay.
Parent Unit: Diabaig Formation (TCD)
Previous Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Alternative Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Stratotypes:
Type Area  Brochel, Raasay: [NG 585 463 to NG 584 459]. 
Reference(s):
Stewart, A D. 2002. The later Proterozoic Torridonian rocks of Scotland: their sedimentology, geochemistry and origin. Geological Society Memoir. Vol. 24. (The Geological Society.) 
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:
S081