The Dalradian Supergroup (informally and traditionally the Dalradian) is a stratigraphic unit (a sequence of rock strata) in the lithostratigraphy of the...
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Highland Boundary Fault (section Dalradian Supergroup)
Paleozoic. The oldest Dalradian rocks (the Grampian Group) were deformed and metamorphosed around 750 Ma. The deposition of younger Dalradian sediments continued...
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geology. The majority of the rocks within the National Park belong to the Dalradian Supergroup, a thick sequence of sands, muds and limestones that were deposited...
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slates are some of its commercial uses. Phyllite is commonly found in the Dalradian metasediments of northwest Arran. In north Cornwall, there are Tredorn...
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of the Neoproterozoic era, forming part of the Dalradian Supergroup. It is exposed along the Dalradian outcrop from Galway, Mayo and Donegal in Ireland...
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majority of the rocks within the Cairngorms National Park belong to the Dalradian Supergroup, a thick sequence of sands, muds and limestones that were deposited...
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metamorphism during the Caledonian orogeny. These older rocks, assigned to the Dalradian Supergroup, lie to the northwest of the northeast – southwest aligned...
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is thought to be unconformably overlain by the Cryogenian to Cambrian Dalradian Supergroup. The supergroup is subdivided into three groups. This group...
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quartzite but with deposits of schists in the valleys (known as Connemara Dalradian rocks). "Ben" is an anglicized form of the Irish word binn, meaning "peak"...
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onto the surrounding metamorphic/ igneous complexes formed during the Dalradian period (approximately 480–600 million years ago) with sporadic areas of...
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