The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details
West Highland Granite Gneiss Intrusion
| Computer Code: | WHGG | Preferred Map Code: | WHGG |
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| Status Code: | Pending Upgrade | ||
| Age range: | Neoproterozoic Era (AZ) — Neoproterozoic Era (AZ) | ||
| Lithological Description: | Gneissose granite and metagranitic-rock. | ||
| Definition of Lower Boundary: | none recorded or not applicable | ||
| Definition of Upper Boundary: | none recorded or not applicable | ||
| Thickness: | none recorded or not applicable | ||
| Geographical Limits: | none recorded or not applicable | ||
| Parent Unit: | Not Available (!) | ||
| Previous Name(s): | none recorded or not applicable | ||
| Alternative Name(s): | Ardgour Granite Gneiss Loch Arkaig Granite Gneiss Fort Augustus Granite Gneiss |
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| Stratotypes: | |||
| none recorded or not applicable | |||
| Reference(s): | |||
| Friend, C R L, Kinney, P D, Rogers, G, Strachan, R A, and Patterson, B A. 1997. U-Pb zircon geochronological evidence for Neoproterozoic events in the Glenfinnan Group (Moine Supergroup): the formation of the Ardgour granite gneiss, north-west Scotland. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, Vol. 128, 101-113. | |||
| Barr, D, Roberts, A M, Highton, A J, Parson, L M, and Harris, A L. 1985. Structural setting and geochronological significance of the West Highland Granitic Gneiss, a deformed early granite within Proterozoic, Moine rocks of north-west Scotland. Journal of the Geological Society of London, Vol. 142, 663-675. | |||
| May, F and Highton, A J, 1997. Geology of the Invermoriston district. Memoir of the British Geological Survey, sheet 73W [Scotland]. | |||
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: | |||
| S053 S052 S062 S062 S072 S073 S063 S053 S061 | |||