| Computer Code: |
TMPV |
Preferred Map Code: |
notEntered |
| Status Code: |
Full |
| Age range: |
Devensian Stage (QD)
— Devensian Stage (QD) |
| Lithological Description: |
Middle to Late Devensian fluvial (river terrace) and lacustrine deposits associated with the proto-Teme drainage system between the present day valleys of the Rivers Teme and Lugg, described by Cross and Hodgson (1975). The deposits include the Bank Farm Sand and Gravel (BFSG), Shakenhurst Sand and Gravel (STSG), Little Hereford Sand and Gravel (LHSG), Ashford Sand and Gravel (ADSG), Bromfield Sand and Gravel (BMSG), and Woofferton Sand and Gravel (WNSG). |
| 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: |
none recorded or not applicable
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| Geographical Limits: |
Between the present day valleys of the Rivers Teme and Lugg. |
| Parent Unit: |
Severn and Avon Catchments Subgroup (SACA)
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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: |
| 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. |
| Cross, P and Hodgson, J M, 1975. New evidence for the glacial diversion of the River Teme near Ludlow, Salop. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, Vol.86, 313-331. |
| McMillan, A A, Hamblin, R J O and Merritt, J W. 2005. An overview of the lithostratigraphical framework for the Quarternary and Neogene deposits of Great Britain (onshore). British Geological Survey Research Report RR/04/04. |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
| none recorded or not applicable |
