The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details
Oadby Till Member
| Computer Code: | ODT | Preferred Map Code: | symb |
|---|---|---|---|
| Status Code: | Full | ||
| Age range: | Anglian Stage (QA) — Anglian Stage (QA) | ||
| Lithological Description: | Diamicton, grey, weathering brown, characterised by Cretaceous and Jurassic rock fragments; subordinate lenses of sand and gravel, clay and silt. Clay, brown to grey, and silty clay, with chalk and flint fragments - [Generic description: 'TMOS' Procedures]. | ||
| Definition of Lower Boundary: | Typically the bedrock surface below the deposit; other deposits may, however, intervene. | ||
| Definition of Upper Boundary: | Typically the present-day surface; can, however, be overlain by later river terrace deposits or glacigenic deposits, or head. | ||
| Thickness: | Variable up to 20 m; typically 1-7 m. | ||
| Geographical Limits: | East Midlands. | ||
| Parent Unit: | Wolston Glacigenic Formation (WOLS) | ||
| Previous Name(s): | Oadby Till [Obsolete Name and Code: Use ODT]
(-1738)
Chalky Boulder Clay [Obsolete Name and Code: Use ODT] (-4821) |
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| Alternative Name(s): | none recorded or not applicable | ||
| Stratotypes: | |||
| none recorded or not applicable | |||
| Reference(s): | |||
| Rice, R J, 1968. The Quaternary deposits of central Leicestershire. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series A, Vol.262, 459-509. | |||
| Clayton, K M. 1953. The glacial chronology of part of the middle Trent basin. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, Vol. 64. 198-207. | |||
| 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. | |||
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: | |||
| E184 E169 E142 E217 E125 E126 E140 E141 E155 E170 E200 E218 | |||