The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

Garn Dolerite

Computer Code: GADO Preferred Map Code: symb
Status Code: Pending Upgrade
Age range: Caradoc Series (O4) — Caradoc Series (O4)
Lithological Description: Coarse amygdaloidal microgabbro.
Definition of Lower Boundary: Transgressive.
Definition of Upper Boundary: Transgressive.
Thickness: 80m
Geographical Limits: Not specified.
Parent Unit: Not Available (!)
Previous Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Alternative Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Stratotypes:
none recorded or not applicable
Reference(s):
Young, T P, Gibbons, W and McCarroll, D. 2002. Geology of the country around Pwllheli. Memoir of the British Geological Survey, Sheet 134 (England and Wales). 
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used:
E134