| Computer Code: |
BEGR |
Preferred Map Code: |
notEntered |
| Status Code: |
Full |
| Age range: |
Anglian Stage (QA)
— Wolstonian Stage (QO) |
| Lithological Description: |
Matrix-rich red-brown clayey gravel containing cobbles of schistose semipelite, quartzite, psammite, sandstone and some chalk flints locally. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Unconformable on bedrock. |
| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Tectonic or unconformable contact with Mill of Forest Till Formation or Benholm Clay Formation. |
| Thickness: |
To 3m |
| Geographical Limits: |
Burn of Benholm (Type Area) and local developments. Kincardine coast between Inverbervie and Gourdon. |
| Parent Unit: |
East Grampian (Albion) Glacigenic Subgroup (EGAG)
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| Previous Name(s): |
Brown Sands and Gravels [Obsolete Name and Code: Use BEGR]
(-3839)
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| Alternative Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
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| Stratotypes: |
| Type Section |
Stream section of Burn of Benholm. Locality B of Campbell, 1934. |
| Reference Section |
Burn of Benholm stream section (BBS4). British Geological Survey registered No. NO76NE/8. |
| Reference(s): |
| Auton, C A, Gordon, J E, Merritt, J W, and Walker, M J C. 2000. The glacial and interstadial sediments at the Burn of Benholm, Kincardineshire: evidence for onshore pre-Devensian ice movement in northeast Scotland. Journal of Quaternary Science. Vol. 15, 141-156. |
| Campbell, R. 1934. On the occurrence of Shelly Boulder Clay and interglacial deposits in Kincardineshire. Transactions of the Edinburgh Geological Society, Vol. 13, 176-183. |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
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S067
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