Ardvreck Group

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Ardvreck Group
Stratigraphic range: Lower Cambrian
Pipe rock, SE ridge, Maol Chean-dearg. - geograph.org.uk - 230021.jpg
Quartz arenite with skolithos burrows, the Pipe Rock of the upper Eriboll Formation, viewed on a bedding surface
TypeGroup
Sub-units,
UnderliesDurness Group
OverliesLewisian complex or Torridonian Supergroup
Thicknessup to 142 m
Lithology
Primaryquartzite, quartz arenite
Location
RegionHebridean Terrane
CountryScotland
ExtentNorthwest Highlands
Type section
Named forArdvreck Castle

The Ardvreck Group is a stratigraphic group of early Cambrian age found in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland. It lies unconformably on gneisses of the Lewisian complex or sandstones of the Torridonian Supergroup. It consists of two formations, the basal quartzites and quartz arenites of the and the overlying dolomitic siltstones and sandstones and quartz arenites of the . It is overlain conformably by the of the Durness Group. The Ardvreck Group was at one time known as the "Eriboll Group".[1]

References[]

  1. ^ British Geological Survey. "Ardvreck Group". BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units. Retrieved 2018-03-09.
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