| Computer Code: |
AYRE |
Preferred Map Code: |
notEntered |
| Status Code: |
Full |
| Age range: |
Ipswichian Stage (QI)
— Ipswichian Stage (QI) |
| Lithological Description: |
Shelly silts and sands with a marine fauna (known only from boreholes). |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Overlies sand, gravel and diamicton of the Ayre Lighthouse Formation. |
| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Base of sand and gravel of the overlying Kiondroughad Formation. |
| Thickness: |
8m at its type section. |
| Geographical Limits: |
Northern part of the Isle of Man (50k sheets 36 and possibly 46). |
| Parent Unit: |
British Coastal Deposits Group (COAS)
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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: |
| Type Section |
65-73m below OD in Borehole IV, Point of Ayre, Isle of Man. Chadwick, R A, et al (2001). |
| Reference(s): |
| Chadwick, R A, Jackson, D I, Barnes, R P, Kimbell, G S, Johnson, H, Chiverell, R C, Thomas, G S P, Jones, N S, Riley, N J, Pickett, E A, Young, B, Holliday, D W, Ball, D F, Molyneux, S G, Long, D, Power, G M, and Roberts, D H. 2001. Geology of the Isle of Man and its offshore area. British Geological Survey Research Report RR/01/06. |
| Thomas, G S P. 1999. Northern England. 91-98 in Bowen, D Q (Editor), A revised correlation of Quaternary and Neogene deposits in the British Isles. Geological Society Special Report No.23. |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
| none recorded or not applicable |
