The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

Clippens Peat Formation

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)
Previous Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Alternative Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
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