| Computer Code: |
TUPS |
Preferred Map Code: |
TumP |
| Status Code: |
Full |
| Age range: |
Neoproterozoic Era (AZ)
— Neoproterozoic Era (AZ) |
| Lithological Description: |
Regularly and thick-bedded psammite, with dune-bedding and ripple marks. Minor schistose pelite. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Gradational boundary with underlying Tummel Quartzite Formation. |
| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Gradational boundary with Kynachan Quartzite Formation. |
| Thickness: |
200 - 800m |
| Geographical Limits: |
On southern side of Meall Reamhar Synform from near Trinafour [NN 728 645] via north flank of Creag Kynachan [NN 769 579] to River Garry east of Tomban [NN 829 654]; on northern side of Meall Reamhar Synform from Meall a'Chataidh [NN 745 680] via Over Bohespic [NN 758 611] to Kinaldy [761 645]; also probably in River Garry around [NN 787 667]. |
| Parent Unit: |
Strathtummel Subgroup (STEL)
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| Previous Name(s): |
Tummel Psammite [Obsolete Name and Code: Use TUPS]
(-3098)
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| Alternative Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
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| Stratotypes: |
| Type Section |
South bank of River Tummel westwards from weir below Dunalastair Dam to Dam and beyond along south shore of Dunalastair Reservoir. |
| Reference(s): |
| Treagus, J E. 2001. Solid geology of the Schiehallion district. Memoir of the British Geological Survey, Sheet 55W (Scotland). |
| Harris, A L, Haselock, P J, Kennedy, M J and Mendum, J R, 1994. The Dalradian Supergroup in Scotland, Shetland and Ireland. 33-53 in Gibbons, W E and Harris, A L (editors). A revised correlation of Precambrian rocks in the British Isles. Special Report of the Geological Society, London, No.22. |
| Stephenson, D and Gould, D. 1995. British Regional Geology: the Grampian Highlands (4th edition). (London: HMSO for the British Geological Survey), 67-68. |
| Thomas, P R, 1980. The stratigraphy and structure of the Moine rocks north of the Schiehallion Complex, Scotland. Journal of the Geological Society, London, Vol.137, 469-482. |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
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S055
S055
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