| Computer Code: |
BNAN |
Preferred Map Code: |
notEntered |
| Status Code: |
Full |
| Age range: |
Devensian Stage (QD)
— Devensian Stage (QD) |
| Lithological Description: |
The lower 80-100 cm comprises parallel thin beds of brown polleniferous sand. This pollen was partly derived from reworking of soils around the site and partly from contemporaneous sparse grassland. The upper 50-70 cm of the sand is non-polleniferous. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Overlies the organic sands of the Teindland Palaeosol Formation (TELND). |
| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
none recorded or not applicable
|
| Thickness: |
Up to 1.5 m. |
| Geographical Limits: |
Elgin District. |
| Parent Unit: |
Moy Burn Palaeosol Formation (MBP)
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| Previous Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
|
| Alternative Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
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| Stratotypes: |
| Type Section |
Teindland Quarry [NJ 297 570], 10 km south-east of Elgin. |
| 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. |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
| none recorded or not applicable |
