The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details
Beenham Stocks Gravel Member
| Computer Code: | BSGR | Preferred Map Code: | symb |
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| Status Code: | Full | ||
| Age range: | Anglian Stage (QA) — Anglian Stage (QA) | ||
| Lithological Description: | Gravel, variably clayey and sandy. Forms the seventh terrace of the pre-diversionary ancestral River Thames. | ||
| Definition of Lower Boundary: | Erosional base on London Clay. | ||
| Definition of Upper Boundary: | Terrace surface at 100 - 105 m above OD around Beenham. | ||
| Thickness: | Up to 4 m. | ||
| Geographical Limits: | Valley of the Kennet in the Newbury district (Aldiss et al., 2006). | ||
| Parent Unit: | Sudbury Formation (SBRY) | ||
| Previous Name(s): | Plateau Gravel
(PLG)
Beenham Stocks Gravel [Obsolete Name and Code: Use BSGR] (-2644) |
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| Alternative Name(s): | none recorded or not applicable | ||
| Stratotypes: | |||
| Type Area | Around Beenham. | ||
| 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. | |||
| Aldiss, D T, Newell, A J, Smith, N J P, and Woods, M A. 2006. Geology of the Newbury district. Sheet Explanation of the British Geological Survey. Sheet 267 (England and Wales). | |||
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: | |||
| E268 | |||