Computer Code: |
FC |
Preferred Map Code: |
symb |
Status Code: |
Index Level |
Age range: |
Anglian Stage (QA)
— Anglian Stage (QA) |
Lithological Description: |
Clay and silt, partly laminated, with dropstones; minor sand and gravel. |
Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Top of bedrock at base of Elvaston palaeochannel; Oadby Till intervenes locally. |
Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Either base of overlying river terrace sand and gravel, base of overlying Oadby Till or present day land surface. |
Thickness: |
To 19m |
Geographical Limits: |
Elvaston palaeochannel, Derbyshire. |
Parent Unit: |
Not Entered (?)
|
Previous Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
|
Alternative Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
|
Stratotypes: |
none recorded or not applicable |
Reference(s): |
Brandon, A. 1997. Geology of the Stretton and Repton areas: 1:10 000 Sheets SK22NE and SK32NW. British Geological Survey Technical Report WA/97/02. |
Brandon, A, and Cooper, A H. 1997. Geology of the Etwall area: 1:10 000 Sheet SK23SE. British Geological Survey Technical Report WA/97/03. |
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
E141
|