The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

Lugg Valley Formation

Computer Code: LUGG Preferred Map Code: notEntered
Status Code: Pending Upgrade
Age range: Wolstonian Stage (QO) — Devensian Stage (QD)
Lithological Description: Post-Anglian fluvial deposits (after Brandon, 1989; Worssam et al., 1989; Brandon, pp. 29-32 in Bowen, 1999).
Definition of Lower Boundary: none recorded or not applicable
Definition of Upper Boundary: none recorded or not applicable
Thickness: none recorded or not applicable
Geographical Limits: Lugg Valley.
Parent Unit: Severn and Avon Catchments Subgroup (SACA)
Previous Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Alternative Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Stratotypes:
none recorded or not applicable
Reference(s):
McMillan, A A, Hamblin, R J O, and Merritt, J W. 2011. A lithostratigraphical framework for onshore Quaternary and Neogene (Tertiary) superficial deposits of Great Britain and the Isle of Man. British Geological Survey Research Report, RR/10/03. 343pp. 
Bowen, D Q. 1999. A revised correlation of Quaternary deposits in the British Isles. Geological Society Special Report, No. 23. 
Brandon, A. 1989. Geology of the country between Hereford and Leominster. Memoir for 1:50 000 Geological Sheet 198. 
Worssam, B C, Ellison, R A and Moorlock, B S P. 1989. Geology of the country around Tewkesbury. Memoir of the British Geological Survey, Sheet 216 (England and Wales). 
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used:
none recorded or not applicable