The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

Norwich Crag Formation And Red Crag Formation (Undifferentiated)

Computer Code: NCRC Preferred Map Code: notEntered
Status Code: Index Level
Age range: Pliocene Epoch (NP) — Pleistocene Epoch (QP)
Lithological Description: Composite: Norwich Crag Formation: mainly reddish to yellow (oxidised) sand above watertable, green where saturated. Glauconitic, fine- to coarse-grained, micaceous, locally shelly. Includes gravels and clay layers particularly towards top of sequence. Commonly decalcified. Basal stone bed composed of flint, overlain by shelly sand; cross-bedded, overlain by sand and green-brown clay; flasar-bedded, overlain by quartz-quartzite gravel (outwash suite). Red Crag Formation: shelly sand, silt and clay. [Generic description].
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: none recorded or not applicable
Parent Unit: Crag Group (CRAG)
Previous Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Alternative Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Stratotypes:
none recorded or not applicable
Reference(s):
none recorded or not applicable
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used:
E207