The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

Balby Formation

Computer Code: BALBY Preferred Map Code: notEntered
Status Code: Pending Upgrade
Age range: Cromerian Stage (QC) — Ipswichian Stage (QI)
Lithological Description: Glacigenic deposits.
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: Yorkshire.
Parent Unit: Albion Glacigenic Group (ALBI)
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. 
Catt, J A. 1991. Quaternary history and glacial deposits of East Yorkshire. 185-191 in Glacial Deposits in Great Britain and Ireland. Ehlers, J, Gibbard, P L, and Rose, J (editors). (Rotterdam: Balkema.) 
Cooper, A H, and Burgess, I C. 1993. Geology of the country around Harrogate. Memoir for 1:50000 geological sheet 62 (England and Wales). London: HMSO for the British Geological Survey. 
Bowen, D Q. 1999. A revised correlation of Quaternary 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