The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

Adur Valley Formation

Computer Code: ADUR Preferred Map Code: notEntered
Status Code: Pending Upgrade
Age range: Mid Pleistocene (QPM) — Holocene Epoch (QH)
Lithological Description: Alluvium and river terrace deposits of the River Adur. There are three aggradations AD1 to AD3 above the alluvium.
Definition of Lower Boundary: none recorded or not applicable
Definition of Upper Boundary: none recorded or not applicable
Thickness: none recorded or not applicable
Geographical Limits: Valley of the River Adur, Sussex.
Parent Unit: Sussex Catchments Subgroup (SXCAT)
Previous Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Alternative Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Stratotypes:
none recorded or not applicable
Reference(s):
McMillan, A A, Hamblin, R J O, and Merritt, J W. 2011. A lithostratigraphical framework for onshore Quaternary and Neogene (Tertiary) superficial deposits of Great Britain and the Isle of Man. British Geological Survey Research Report, RR/10/03. 343pp. 
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used:
none recorded or not applicable