The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

Woman Hithe Clay

Computer Code: WOMAH Preferred Map Code: notEntered
Status Code: Index Level
Age range: Beestonian Stage (QB) — Beestonian Stage (QB)
Lithological Description: Laminated freshwater silty clays.
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: Runton Member (RUNTO)
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. 
Funnell, B M and West, R G. 1977. Preglacial Pleistocene deposits of East Anglia. 247-265 in Shotton, F W (Editor), British Quaternary studies: recent advances. [Oxford: Clarendon Press.] 
West, R G. 1980. The Pre-Glacial Pleistocene of the Norfolk and Suffolk coasts. [Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.] 
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used:
none recorded or not applicable