| Computer Code: |
BIGP |
Preferred Map Code: |
notEntered |
| Status Code: |
Full |
| Age range: |
Windermere Interstadial (QDW)
— Holocene Epoch (QH) |
| Lithological Description: |
Peat. |
| 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: |
Bigholms Burn, 6 km south-west of Langholm. |
| Parent Unit: |
Blelham Peat Formation (BHPT)
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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 |
Bigholms Burn, [NY 3141 8131], 6 km south-west of Langholm (Moar, 1969; Bishop and Coope, 1977; Gordon, 1993d). |
| 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. |
| Bishop, W W, and Coope, G R. 1977. Stratigraphical and faunal evidence for Lateglacial and Flandrian environments in south-west Scotland. 61-68 in Studies in the Lateglacial environment. Gray, J M, and Low e, J J (editors.). (Oxford: Pergamon.) |
| Bowen, D Q. 1999. A revised correlation of Quaternary deposits in the British Isles. Geological Society Special Report, No. 23. |
| Gordon, J E. 1993d. Bigholm Burn. 596–599 in The Quaternary of Scotland. Gordon, J E, and Sutherland, D G. (editors). Geological Conservation Review Series, No. 6. (London: Chapman and Hall.) |
| Moar, N T. 1969. Late Weichselian and Flandrian pollen diagrams for south-west Scotland. New Phytologist, Vol. 68, 433-467. |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
| none recorded or not applicable |
