| Computer Code: |
BALW |
Preferred Map Code: |
BALW |
| Status Code: |
Full |
| Age range: |
Early Devonian Epoch (DL)
— Early Devonian Epoch (DL) |
| Lithological Description: |
Granite sheet intruded into wackes of the Gala Group (Silurian). |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Intrusive. |
| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Intrusive. |
| Thickness: |
Elongate sheet c.4.5km x 0.2km, orientated NE - SW. |
| Geographical Limits: |
Thornhill area. |
| Parent Unit: |
Galloway Granitic Suite (GALGR)
|
| Previous Name(s): |
"Syenite On Ridge Between Scaw'd Law And Roger Law"
(-666)
|
| Alternative Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
|
| Stratotypes: |
| Type Section |
Ridge including Scaw'd Law, Ballencleuch Law and Roger Law, about 11km northeast of Thornhill, Dumfriesshire. |
| Reference(s): |
| Geological Survey of Scotland. 1871. Explanation of Sheet 15. Memoir of the Geological Survey, Scotland. (Edinburgh:HMSO.) |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
|
S015
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