The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

Lower Whitehills Group

Computer Code: DBLW Preferred Map Code: notEntered
Status Code: Full
Age range: Neoproterozoic Era (AZ) — Neoproterozoic Era (AZ)
Lithological Description: Dark, flaggy quartzites, purple quartzose phyllites. White limestones. Calcareous flags and pebbly grits. (Correlative of Whitchells Group-Pelitic Group and Upper Psammitic Group).
Definition of Lower Boundary: Drawn at base of phyllites of Whitehills Group where it rests conformably on the Boyne Limestone.
Definition of Upper Boundary: Drawn at conformable upward passage from pebbly grit of the Whitehills Group to andalusite schists of the Boynaie Bay Group.
Thickness: Not defined.
Geographical Limits: Grampian, Scotland.
Parent Unit: Not Applicable (-)
Previous Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Alternative Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Stratotypes:
Type Area  Whitehills, Grampian, Scotland. 
Reference(s):
none recorded or not applicable
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used:
none recorded or not applicable