| Computer Code: |
GLSU |
Preferred Map Code: |
SYMB |
| Status Code: |
Full |
| Age range: |
Neoproterozoic Era (AZ)
— Neoproterozoic Era (AZ) |
| Lithological Description: |
Mixed limestone and semipelite with pelites and calc-silicate rocks; strongly banded in main part, with limestone dominating in uppermost part. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
At top of Allt Dregnie Phyllite Member where micaceous psammites, phyllites and semipelites give way to banded limestones and semipelites. |
| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
At base of Kylnadrochit Semipelite Member where limestone becomes very subordinate to semipelite. |
| Thickness: |
c. 225m in Glen Suie, including any thickening due to folding etc. |
| Geographical Limits: |
Braes of Glenlivet, Glen Suie. |
| Parent Unit: |
Ailnack Phyllite And Limestone Formation (APAL)
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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 |
Stream section, Back Burn, Glen Suie and Suie Burn, Glen Suie. |
| Reference(s): |
| Thomas, C W, 1989. Application of geochemistry to the stratigraphic correlation of Appin and Argyll Group carbonate rocks from the Dalradian of northeast Scotland. Journal of the Geological Society, London, Vol.146, 631-647. |
| Memoir of the British Geological Survey, Sheet 75, in preparation. |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
| none recorded or not applicable |
