| Computer Code: |
EE |
Preferred Map Code: |
notEntered |
| Status Code: |
Pending Upgrade |
| Age range: |
Marine Isotope Stage 5e (QMIS005E)
— Marine Isotope Stage 5a (QMIS005A) |
| Lithological Description: |
Fine- to medium-grained shelly marine sands/intertidal or shallow sub-tidal in north west Flemish Bight with interbeds of clay. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
At type locality overlies Saalian glacial till. In Flemish Bight, overlies Lower and Middle Pleistocene formations (unconformably). |
| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
At type locality, overlain by Weichselian periglacial sands (Twente Formation). In Flemish Bight, is overlain by Twente Formation, Brown Bank Formation (early Weichselian brackish-marine clays) or Holocene sands. |
| Thickness: |
15.71 metres. Lateral variations 5 - 30 metres. Maximum 30 metres in Flemish Bight Sheet. |
| Geographical Limits: |
Not defined. |
| Parent Unit: |
California Glacigenic Group (CALIF)
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| Previous Name(s): |
Eemstelsel [Obsolete Name and Code: Use EE]
(-1523)
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| Alternative Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
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| Stratotypes: |
| none recorded or not applicable |
| Reference(s): |
| Zagwijn, W H and Staalduinen, C J van den. 1960. "In" Toelichting Bij Geologische Overzichtskaarten Van Nederland. Rijks Geologische Denst. |
| Stoker, M S, Balson, P S, Long, D, and Tappin, D R. 2011. An overview of the lithostratigraphical framework for the Quaternary deposits on the United Kingdom continental shelf. British Geological Survey Research Report, RR/11/03. 48pp. |
| Zagwijn, W H. 1961. Vegetation, Climate and Radiocarbon Datings in the Late Pleistocene of the Netherlands, Part 1. Eemian and early Weichselian. Meded Geological Stichting, N S. Vol. 14, 15-45. |
| Cameron, T D J, Crosby, A, Balson, P S, Jeffery, D H, Lott, G K, Bulat, J, and Harrison, D J. 1992. United Kingdom offshore regional report: the geology of the southern North Sea. (London: HMSO for the British Geological Survey.) |
| Gatliff, R W, Richards, P C, Smith, K, Graham, C C, McCormac, M, Smith, N J P, Long, D, Cameron, T D J, Evans, D, Stevenson, A G, Bulat, J, and Ritchie, J D. 1994. United Kingdom offshore regional report: the geology of the central North Sea. (London: HMSO for the British Geological Survey.) |
| Cameron, T D J, and Holmes, R. 1999. The Continental Shelf. 125-139 in A revised correlation of Quaternary deposits in the British Isles. Bowen, D Q (editor). Special Report of the Geological Society of London, No. 23. |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
| none recorded or not applicable |
