| Computer Code: |
BEQU |
Preferred Map Code: |
SYMB |
| Status Code: |
Full |
| Age range: |
Neoproterozoic Era (AZ)
— Neoproterozoic Era (AZ) |
| Lithological Description: |
Quartzite, pinkish white, massive. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Base of massive quartzite, not exposed. |
| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Top of massive quartzite where overlain by flaggy micaceous psammites and semipelites of the Findlater Flag Formation. |
| Thickness: |
Over 200m. |
| Geographical Limits: |
Core of Ardonald Anticline on Jock's Hill, Dufftown and from Clunymore to Hill of Bellyhack. |
| Parent Unit: |
Cullen Quartzite Formation (CUQU)
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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 |
Burn on NW flank of Hill of Bellyhack. |
| Reference Section |
Jock's Hill to Goodman's Knowe, Dufftown (few outcrops, mostly quartzite debris). |
| 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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