| Computer Code: |
FELM |
Preferred Map Code: |
notEntered |
| Status Code: |
Full |
| Age range: |
Pleistocene Epoch (QP)
— Pleistocene Epoch (QP) |
| Lithological Description: |
Fluviatile gravel with sand. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Unconformable, commonly chanelled base, resting on bedrock surface. |
| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Ground surface, or at base of overlying alluvium. |
| Thickness: |
0 to 3m |
| Geographical Limits: |
River Great Ouse Valley, Central England. |
| Parent Unit: |
Ouse Valley Formation (OUSE)
|
| Previous Name(s): |
First Terrace of the Ouse [Obsolete Name and Code: Use FELM]
(-2797)
|
| Alternative Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
|
| Stratotypes: |
| Type Section |
A former pit near Radwell, Bedfordshire. Rogerston et al., 1992. |
| Reference(s): |
| Rogerson, R J, Keen, D H, Coope, G R, Robinson, J E, Dickson, J H and Dickson, C A. 1992. The fauna, flora and palaeoenvironmental significance of deposits beneath the low terrace of the River Great Ouse at Radwell, Bedfordshire, England. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, Vol.103, 1-13. |
| Bowen, D Q. 1999. A revised correlation of Quaternary deposits in the British Isles. Geological Society Special Report, No. 23. |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
|
E185
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