| Computer Code: |
ELW |
Preferred Map Code: |
ELW |
| Status Code: |
Pending Upgrade |
| Age range: |
Marine Isotope Stage 1 (QMIS001)
— Marine Isotope Stage 1 (QMIS001) |
| Lithological Description: |
Brackish-marine fine-grained sands and clays with discontinuous basal peat bed. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Base of basal peat bed (where present). |
| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Passage to fully marine sands. |
| Thickness: |
Not defined. |
| Geographical Limits: |
Not defined. |
| Parent Unit: |
California Glacigenic Group (CALIF)
|
| Previous Name(s): |
Elbow Deposits [Obsolete Name and Code: Use ELW]
(-3384)
|
| Alternative Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
|
| Stratotypes: |
| none recorded or not applicable |
| Reference(s): |
| Oele, E. 1971. Late Quaternary geology of the North Sea, south east of the Dogger Bank. Report of the Institute of Geological Science, No.70/15, 25-34. |
| 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. |
| 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 |
