| Computer Code: |
BPIT |
Preferred Map Code: |
notEntered |
| Status Code: |
Full |
| Age range: |
Quaternary Period (Q)
— Quaternary Period (Q) |
| Lithological Description: |
Sand and gravel. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Unconformable on Chalk bedrock. |
| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
At surface. |
| Thickness: |
none recorded or not applicable
|
| Geographical Limits: |
Restricted to the Cam valley near Little Chesterford, Cambridgeshire. |
| Parent Unit: |
Cam Valley Formation (CAMV)
|
| Previous Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
|
| Alternative Name(s): |
3rd Terrace of River Cam [Obsolete: use HNRD]
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| Stratotypes: |
| Type Section |
Gravel pit on west side of River Cam, near Little Chesterford (Sparks, 1955). |
| Reference(s): |
| Bowen, D Q. 1999. A revised correlation of Quaternary deposits in the British Isles. Geological Society Special Report, No. 23. |
| Sparks, B W. 1955. Notes on four Quarternary deposits in the Cambridge region. Journal of Conchology, 24,47-53. |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
|
E205
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