Computer Code: |
CLPT |
Preferred Map Code: |
CLPT |
Status Code: |
Full |
Age range: |
Devensian Stage (QD)
— Holocene Epoch (QH) |
Lithological Description: |
The Linwood Borehole (Browne and McMillan, 1989a, figure 17) contains the typical section of the Clippens Peat Formation. Below 45 cm of very peaty stony soil there was 1.3 m of peat, resting on 5 cm of grey rooty clay, followed by a further 84 cm pf peat to the base of the formation at 2.64 m depth. The base of the upper bed of peat was at 8.43 m OD and the base of the lower at 7.54 m OD. |
Definition of Lower Boundary: |
The Clippens Peat Formation rests possibly by transitional passage on underlying members and formations or with angular unconformity on older Quaternary sediments or bedrock. |
Definition of Upper Boundary: |
The Clippens Peat Formation is exposed at surface in the Clyde valley catchment and also locally overlain by younger sediments. |
Thickness: |
Veneer to over 5 m. |
Geographical Limits: |
The Clippens Peat Formation is recognised discontinuously throughout the Clyde valley catchment. |
Parent Unit: |
Britannia Catchments Group (BCAT)
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Previous Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
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Alternative Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
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Stratotypes: |
Reference Section |
BGS Linwood Borehole, BGS Registered No. NS46NW 62 (Browne and McMillan, 1989, fig. 17). |
Type Area |
Linwood Moss, near Paisley. |
Reference(s): |
Forsyth, I H, Hall, I H S and McMillan, A A. 1996. Geology of the Airdrie district. Memoir of the British Geological Survey, Sheet 31W (Scotland). |
Paterson, I B, McAdam, A D and MacPherson, K A T. 1998. Geology of the Hamilton district. Memoir of the British Geological Survey, Sheet 23W (Scotland). |
Browne, M A E and McMillan, A A. 1989a. Quaternary geology of the Clyde valley. British Geological Survey Research Report, SA/89/1. |
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. |
Hall, I H S, Browne, M A E and Forsyth, I H. 1998. Geology of the Glasgow district. Memoir of the British Geological Survey, Sheet 30E (Scotland). |
Browne, M A E and McMillan, A A. 1989b. Geology for land use planning: drift deposits of the Clyde valley Volume 1: Planning Report. British Geological Survey Technical Report, WA/89/78. |
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
none recorded or not applicable |