| Computer Code: |
DBKH |
Preferred Map Code: |
notEntered |
| Status Code: |
Full |
| Age range: |
Neoproterozoic Era (AZ)
— Neoproterozoic Era (AZ) |
| Lithological Description: |
Grit, greywacke, semi-pelite with some calc-silicate rock and rare marble. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Drawn at base of quartzite of the Kinnairds Head Formation where it rests conformably on quartzite of the Mormond Hill Quartzite. |
| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Drawn at conformable upward passage from limestone and semi-pelitic wacke of the Kinnairds Head Formation to semi-pelitic wacke of the Rosehearty Group. |
| Thickness: |
Not known. |
| Geographical Limits: |
Grampian, Scotland. |
| Parent Unit: |
Argyll Group (ARGY)
|
| Previous Name(s): |
Kinnairds Head Group [Obsolete Name and Code: Use DBKH]
(-4590)
|
| Alternative Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
|
| Stratotypes: |
| Type Area |
Kinnaird Head, Grampian, Scotland. |
| Reference(s): |
| Harris, A L and others, 1973. A correlation of the Pre-Cambrian rocks in the British Isles. Geological Society of London Special Report No 6. |
| Read, H H and Farquhar, O C, 1955. The Buchan anticline of the Banff Nappe of Dalradian rocks in north-east Scotland. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society, Vol.112, p.131. |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
| none recorded or not applicable |
