Computer Code: |
COPS |
Preferred Map Code: |
symb |
Status Code: |
Full |
Age range: |
Neoproterozoic Era (AZ)
— Neoproterozoic Era (AZ) |
Lithological Description: |
Schistose psammite and semipelite, fine-grained and quartzite. |
Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Between Meall Odhar [NO 11 65] and the western margin of the Glen Shee Pluton: Top of attenuated Farragon Volcanic Formation. Between north-east contact of Glen Shee Pluton and head of Glen Isla [NO 17 71]: Top of Ben Lawers Schist Formation. |
Definition of Upper Boundary: |
In the west: Gradational passage into dominantly gneissose semipelite of the Duchray Hill Gneiss Member. In the east: top of white fine-grained quartzite below gneissose semipelites of the Duchray Hill Gneiss Member. |
Thickness: |
Not known |
Geographical Limits: |
Meall Odhar area [NO 11 65] to the head of Glen Isla [NO 17 71]. |
Parent Unit: |
Ben Lui Schist Formation (BLUS)
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Previous Name(s): |
Part of Ben Lui Schist [Obsolete Name and Code: Use COPS]
(-155)
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Alternative Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
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Stratotypes: |
Type Section |
Allt a Choire Dhomhain. |
Reference Section |
Glen Bughty Burn. |
Reference(s): |
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: |
S056
S065
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