| Computer Code: |
HARS |
Preferred Map Code: |
notEntered |
| Status Code: |
Full |
| Age range: |
Ypresian Age (GY)
— Ypresian Age (GY) |
| Lithological Description: |
The Harwich Stone Band is a tabular argillaceous limestone with a central ash bed, that occurs near the base of the clayey silts and silty clays in the lower part of the Wrabness Member. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
none recorded or not applicable
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| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
none recorded or not applicable
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| Thickness: |
The Harwich Stone Band is typically about 0.25 m thick. |
| Geographical Limits: |
The Harwich Stone Band appears to be widely developed within the Wrabness Member, in East Anglia, north-eastern Essex and the nearby offshore area. |
| Parent Unit: |
Wrabness Member (WRAB)
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| Previous Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
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| Alternative Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
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| Stratotypes: |
| Reference Section |
The Harwich Stone Band is exposed on the foreshore on the eastern side of the Harwich promontory, between Beacon Cliff [TM 2629 3166] and Harwich Green [TM 2630 3233]. Daley, 1999. |
| Reference(s): |
| Daley, B. 1999. London Basin: eastern localities, In: Daley, B, Balson, P (Eds.), British Tertiary Stratigraphy. Geological Conservation Review Series 15, pp. 23-72. |
| Aldiss, D T. 2014. The stratigraphical framework for the Palaeogene successions of the London Basin, UK. British Geological Survey Open Report OR/14/008. 95 pp. |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
| none recorded or not applicable |
