| Computer Code: |
ALBE |
Preferred Map Code: |
notEntered |
| Status Code: |
Full |
| Age range: |
Tonian Period (AT)
— Tonian Period (AT) |
| Lithological Description: |
Fine -medium red sandstone, cross-bedded, rare pebbles, locally contorted, minor red shaley mudstone beds. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Sharp contact with underlying Horrisdale Waterfalls Member (TCD2) - the upper Member of the Diabaig Formation (TCD). Marked by abrupt appearance of trough cross-bedded sandstone. |
| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Gradual boundary with overlying remainder of Applecross Formation (TCA); marked by highest red shaly mudstone. |
| Thickness: |
20-100 m (estimate). |
| Geographical Limits: |
Northwest Highlands, Diabaig to Gairloch. |
| Parent Unit: |
Applecross Formation (TCA)
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| Previous Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
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| Alternative Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
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| Stratotypes: |
| Type Area |
Diabaig: [NG 797 601]. |
| 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: |
| none recorded or not applicable |
