The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

Subsurface Structure (Undivided, Unrelated to Mining)

Computer Code: DSR Preferred Map Code: notEntered
Status Code: Full
Age range: Holocene Epoch (QH) — Holocene Epoch (QH)
Lithological Description: An area of Disturbed Ground associated with collapsed structures or workings that do not relate directly to Mineral Extraction, or War Damage. The disturbance is typically complex, dominated by zones of subsidence, and including areas of Worked Ground and Made Ground. Composition: variable.
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: none recorded or not applicable
Parent Unit: Disturbed Ground (DDGR)
Previous Name(s): Engineering Excavation (Tunnelling) [Obsolete Name and Code: Use DSR] (SUT)
Alternative Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Stratotypes:
none recorded or not applicable
Reference(s):
Ford, J, Kessler, H, Cooper, A H, Price, S J, and Humpage A J. 2010. An enhanced classification for artificial ground. British Geological Survey Open Report, OR/10/36. 
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used:
none recorded or not applicable