| Computer Code: |
BEPE |
Preferred Map Code: |
SYMB |
| Status Code: |
Full |
| Age range: |
Neoproterozoic Era (AZ)
— Neoproterozoic Era (AZ) |
| Lithological Description: |
Pelite and semipelite, phyllitic and schistose, rarely slaty, commonly biotite-rich. Minor beds of psammite and quartzite. Thicker beds of gritty psammite. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Sheared-out at western limit of Portsoy Shear-zone. |
| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Faulted-out, sheared-out or cut by mafic and ultramafic major intrusions and pods at eastern limit of the Portsoy Shear-zone. |
| Thickness: |
Approximately 1250m maximum (based on maximum outcrop width and average dip). |
| Geographical Limits: |
Cachnamuin Stripe, Bridgend (85E) to Bogforth, Cairnborrow (86W). |
| Parent Unit: |
Argyll Group (ARGY)
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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 |
River Deveron from Beldorney Castle to South Mains, Edinglassie. |
| Reference(s): |
| none recorded or not applicable |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
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S085
S086
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