| Computer Code: |
CAQU |
Preferred Map Code: |
SYMB |
| Status Code: |
Full |
| Age range: |
Neoproterozoic Era (AZ)
— Neoproterozoic Era (AZ) |
| Lithological Description: |
Quartzite, pebbly in parts, usually massive. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Lower limit of quartzite above striped phyllitic semipelites of the Coralea Phyllite Member. |
| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Upper limit of quartzite, below striped and banded semipelites and psammites of the Coulins Burn Striped Member. |
| Thickness: |
To 200m (based on outcrop width). |
| Geographical Limits: |
NNE trending outcrop, up to 250m wide extending from Allt na Craoibhe - Caorainn [NJ 318 252], over Caochandye Hill [NJ 323 209] to Water of Nochty [NJ 308 159], Moray District, 1:50 000 Sheet 75E. |
| Parent Unit: |
Culchavie Striped Formation (CUST)
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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 Section |
Allt na Cabar, Glenbuchat. |
| Reference(s): |
| Fettes, D J, Lesley, A G, Stephenson, D and Kimbell, S F, 1991. Disruption of Dalradian stratigarphy along the Portsey Lineament from new geological and magnetic surveys. Scottish Journal of Geology, Vol.27, 57-73. |
| Memoir of the British Geological Survey, Sheet 75, in preparation. |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
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S075
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