| Computer Code: |
GLGS |
Preferred Map Code: |
SYMB |
| Status Code: |
Full |
| Age range: |
Neoproterozoic Era (AZ)
— Neoproterozoic Era (AZ) |
| Lithological Description: |
Graphitic pelites and semipelites, slaty to schistose with minor psammite and rare banded limestone. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Lower limit of graphitic pelites above striped phyllitic semipelites and psammites of the Culchavie Striped Formation. |
| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Upper limit of graphitic pelites at the base of schistose semipelites of the Badenyon Schist and Limestone Formation. |
| Thickness: |
To 500m. |
| Geographical Limits: |
Elongate, N-S trending outcrop, up to 750m wide, extending from area of Scors Burn [NJ 322 229] to Glen More [NJ 328 044]. Also in Lecht area, Gordon District. 1: 50 000 Sheet 75E. |
| Parent Unit: |
Easdale Subgroup (DBED)
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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 |
Water of Buchat, Glenbuchat Lodge. |
| Reference(s): |
| Memoir of the British Geological Survey, Sheet 75, in preparation. |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
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S075
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