Southern Highland Group

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] [2]

Southern Highland Group
Stratigraphic range: Neoproterozoic
Folded schist of the Beinn Bheula Schist Formation, which is part of the Southern Highland Group, at Ben Vane
TypeGroup
Unit ofDalradian Supergroup
Sub-unitsNorth Sannox Grits Formation
Underlies?Ordovician rocks
OverliesTayvallich Subgroup of Argyll Group
Lithology
Primarypsammite
Otherpelite, greywacke, volcanic rocks
Location
RegionGrampian Mountains
Type section
Named forSouthern Highlands

References

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  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ "BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units - Result Details".