| Computer Code: |
TCDS |
Preferred Map Code: |
TCDS |
| Status Code: |
Full |
| Age range: |
Tonian Period (AT)
— Tonian Period (AT) |
| Lithological Description: |
Siltstone-mudstone, laminated; grey sandstone. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Conformably overlain by the Bla-Bheinn Member (TCDB); poorly exposed. Elsewhere intruded by Skye Central Complex (SKYC). |
| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Not exposed. |
| Thickness: |
none recorded or not applicable
|
| Geographical Limits: |
Skye, Loch Scavaig. |
| Parent Unit: |
Diabaig Formation (TCD)
|
| Previous Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
|
| Alternative Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
|
| Stratotypes: |
| none recorded or not applicable |
| Reference(s): |
| British Geological Survey. 2002. Broadford. Scotland Sheet 71W. Solid and Drift Geology. 1:50 000 Geology Series. (Keyworth, Nottingham: British Geological Survey.) |
| Krabbendam, M. 2021. A stratigraphic framework for the early Neoproterozoic successions of the Northern Highlands of Scotland. UK Stratigraphic Framework Series. British Geological Survey Open Report, OR/21/072. 86pp. |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
|
S071
|
