| Computer Code: |
SCAT |
Preferred Map Code: |
notEntered |
| Status Code: |
Full |
| Age range: |
Neoproterozoic Era (AZ)
— Neoproterozoic Era (AZ) |
| Lithological Description: |
Pure and impure quartzites interbanded with medium to fine-grained mica-schists. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Drawn at base of quartzite of the Scatsta Quartzitic Formation where it rests conformably on pelite of the Scatsta Pelitic Formation. |
| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Drawn at conformable upward passage from pelite and quartzite of the Scatsta Quartzitic Formation to the Weisdale Limestone. |
| Thickness: |
2750 m approx. |
| Geographical Limits: |
Shetland, Scotland. |
| Parent Unit: |
Scatsta Division (DSE)
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| Previous Name(s): |
Scatsta Quartzitic Formation [Obsolete Code: Use SCAT]
(DASQ)
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| Alternative Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
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| Stratotypes: |
| Type Area |
Scatsta, Shetland, Scotland. |
| Reference(s): |
| Flinn, D, and others. 1972. A revision of the stratigraphic succession of the East Mainland of Shetland. Scottish Journal of Geology, Vol. 8, 335-343. |
| 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. |
| Mykura W, 1976 British Regional Geology: Orkney and Shetland (HMSO, Edinburgh).] |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
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S128
S129
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