Durness Group

Durness Group Stratigraphic range: Cambrian–Ordovician
Dolomites of the Durness Group with schists of the Moine Supergroup thrust over them on the Moine Thrust at Knockan Crag
Type	Group
Sub-units	, , , , , Croisaphuill Formation,
Underlies	Moine Supergroup along the Moine Thrust.
Overlies	of the Ardvreck Group
Thickness	up to 750 m (2,460 ft)
Lithology
Primary	Dolomite
Other	Limestone, chert
Location
Region	Northwest Highlands
Country	Scotland
Type section
Named for	Durness

The Durness Group is a geological group, a stratigraphic unit, formed mainly of dolomites of late Cambrian to early Ordovician age.^[1] It outcrops along the full strike extent of the Moine Thrust Belt in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland. Within the thrust belt it is often affected by thrust faulting.

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