| Computer Code: |
LHSP |
Preferred Map Code: |
LHSP |
| Status Code: |
Full |
| Age range: |
Cambrian Period (E)
— Ordovician Period (O) |
| Lithological Description: |
Serpentinite, largely dolomitised and silicified, weathering grey-green to orange-brown where dolomitised, and jasper. Includes conglomerate with altered serpentinite matrix at Dounans, by Aberfoyle. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Tectonic; contact with adjacent Corrie Burn Hornblende Schist. |
| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Outgoing of thoroughly altered serpentinite and incoming of dolomitised and silicified limestone of Dounans Limestone Formation (probably an unconformity). Boundaries with upper units are tectonic in part. |
| Thickness: |
c.250m maximum (estimated). |
| Geographical Limits: |
none recorded or not applicable
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| Parent Unit: |
Highland Border Complex (HBX)
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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 Area |
Lime Hill, Loch Ard Forest, Aberfoyle. |
| Reference(s): |
| none recorded or not applicable |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
|
S038
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