| Computer Code: |
STRG |
Preferred Map Code: |
SP |
| Status Code: |
Full |
| Age range: |
Ordovician Period (O)
— Ordovician Period (O) |
| Lithological Description: |
Granite and granodiorite, pale grey, medium-grained, contains muscovite and biotite. Petitic inclusions common in its western part, psammitic in its eastern part. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
none recorded or not applicable
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| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
none recorded or not applicable
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| Thickness: |
none recorded or not applicable
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| Geographical Limits: |
none recorded or not applicable
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| Parent Unit: |
Not Entered (?)
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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 |
Area to the west and south of Loch Caoldair around Creag Doire na H'achlaise and Meall na Ceardaich. |
| Reference(s): |
| British Geological Survey. 2000. Dalwhinnie, Scotland. Sheet 63E. Solid Geology 1:50 000. (Keyworth, Nottingham: British Geological Survey.) |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
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S063
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