| Computer Code: |
BESC |
Preferred Map Code: |
symb |
| Status Code: |
Full |
| Age range: |
Neoproterozoic Era (AZ)
— Neoproterozoic Era (AZ) |
| Lithological Description: |
Black graphitic schist with fine-grained disseminated sulphides. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Base of dominantly graphitic succession above the dominantly semipelitic Killiecrankie Schist in Perthshire and the quartzitic Creag Leacach Quartzite Formation in the Glen Shee district. |
| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Top of dominantly graphitic succession below dominantly calcareous succession of the overlying Ben Lawers Schist Formation. |
| Thickness: |
Not known |
| Geographical Limits: |
North of Tyndrum eastwards to north of Loch Lyon and then from north of Schiehallion to east of Spittal of Glen Shee. |
| Parent Unit: |
Easdale Subgroup (DBED)
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| Previous Name(s): |
Ben Eagach Schist [Obsolete Name And Code: Use BESC]
(DBBE)
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| Alternative Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
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| Stratotypes: |
| Reference Section |
Spittal of Glen Shee area. |
| Type Area |
Ben Eagach area, Perthshire. |
| Reference(s): |
| Sturt, B A, 1960. The geological structure of the area south of Loch Tummel. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London, Vol.117, 131-156. |
| Bailey, E B, and McCallien, W J. 1937. Perthshire tectonics: Schiehallion to Glen Lyon. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Vol. 59, 79-117. |
| Crane, A, Goodman, S, Krabbendam, M K, Leslie, A G, Paterson, I B, Robertson, S and Rollin, K, 1996. Geology of the Glen Shee district. Memoir of the British Geological Survey, Sheet 56W and adjacent areas (Scotland). |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
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S056
S055
S055
S054
S046
S065
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