| Computer Code: |
TEDO |
Preferred Map Code: |
Temp |
| Status Code: |
Full |
| Age range: |
Neoproterozoic Era (AZ)
— Neoproterozoic Era (AZ) |
| Lithological Description: |
Calcareous and non-calcareous semipelite at base passes upwards into well-bedded tremolitic dolomite. At top dolomite passes upward into semipelite and fine-grained psammite before upper boundary with Schiehallion Quartzite is reached. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Sharp change from quartzite to calc-semipelite and non-calcareous semipelite. |
| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Change from finely-bedded semipelite to well-bedded quartzite. |
| Thickness: |
0 - 50m |
| Geographical Limits: |
Discontinuous occurrence from closure of Errochty Synform [NN 7131 6655] to near Loch Kinardochy [NN 7750 5440]. Occurs sporadically east of Loch Tay Fault near Loch Tummel [NN 8334 6005] and Kincraigie [NN 892 678]. |
| Parent Unit: |
Schiehallion Quartzite Formation (DBSQ)
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| Previous Name(s): |
Dolomitic Beds [Obsolete Name and Code: Use TEDO]
(-3720)
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| Alternative Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
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| Stratotypes: |
| Type Section |
Tempar Burn 800m south of East Tempar. |
| Reference(s): |
| Bailey, E B, and McCallien, W J. 1937. Perthshire tectonics: Schiehallion to Glen Lyon. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Vol. 59, 79-117. |
| Treagus, J E. 2001. Solid geology of the Schiehallion district. Memoir of the British Geological Survey, Sheet 55W (Scotland). |
| Stephenson, D and Gould, D. 1995. British Regional Geology: the Grampian Highlands (4th edition). (London: HMSO for the British Geological Survey.) |
| Barrow, G, Grant Wilson, J S, and Cunningham Craig, E H. 1905. The geology of the country around Blair Atholl, Pitlochry and Aberfeldy. Memoir of the British Geological Survey, Scotland (Sheet 55). |
| Harris, A L, Haselock, P J, Kennedy, M J and Mendum, J R, 1994. The Dalradian Supergroup in Scotland, Shetland and Ireland. 33-53 in Gibbons, W E and Harris, A L (editors). A revised correlation of Precambrian rocks in the British Isles. Special Report of the Geological Society, London, No.22. |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
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S055
S055
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