Bowmore Sandstone Group
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| Bowmore Sandstone Group | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Neoproterozoic | |
 Laggan Formation at Eilean Mhic Ghoile, near Bowmore, Islay | |
| Type | Group |
| Sub-units | Laggan Formation, Blackrock Formation |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Sandstone |
| Other | Shale, siltstone |
| Location | |
| Region | Inner Hebrides |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Bowmore |
The Bowmore Sandstone Group is a sequence of metasedimentary rocks, dominantly sandstones, of probable Neoproterozoic age. Their outcrop on the island of Islay in the Inner Hebrides is entirely fault-bounded, between the Loch Gruinart Fault to the west and the Loch Skerrols Shear Zone to the east.[1]
