Southern Highland Group
| Southern Highland Group Stratigraphic range: Neoproterozoic | |
|---|---|
| Type | Group |
| Unit of | Dalradian Supergroup |
| Underlies | ?Ordovician rocks |
| Overlies | Tayvallich Subgroup of Argyll Group |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | psammite |
| Other | pelite, greywacke, volcanic rocks |
| Location | |
| Region | Grampian Mountains |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Southern Highlands |
The Southern Highland Group is a sequence of metamorphosed Neoproterozoic sedimentary rocks that outcrop across the Central Highlands of Scotland, east of the Great Glen. It forms the uppermost/youngest part of the Dalradian Supergroup and is divided into two formations. Volcanism is recorded by the Loch Avich Lavas Formation which divides the Loch Avich Grits Formation into lower and upper parts – the grits are turbidite and submarine fan deposits. In Perthshire and on Deeside, the Leny Limestone, which has been dated to 514 Ma, is present. A tillite, the Macduff Boulder Bed is known from the upper part of the group in northeast Scotland.[1]
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References
- ↑ Strachan, R.A., Harris, A.L., Fettes, D.J. & Smith, M. 2002 The Highland and Grampian Terranes. In: Trewin, N.H. (ed) The Geology of Scotland. The Geological Society, London pp 96-99
- ↑ http://www.bgs.ac.uk/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?pub=SOHI
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