| Computer Code: |
CAGH |
Preferred Map Code: |
notEntered |
| Status Code: |
Full |
| Age range: |
Holocene Epoch (QH)
— Holocene Epoch (QH) |
| Lithological Description: |
Peat dominated accumulations in lowland basins and on upland plateaux. Some mud and pebbly sand may occur in the lower parts of basinal sequences. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Generally unconformably overlying glacigenic or Lateglacial sediments or bedrock. |
| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Generally the ground surface. |
| Thickness: |
Up to 6m recorded. |
| Geographical Limits: |
Isle of Man (50k Sheets 36, 45, 46, 56, 57). |
| Parent Unit: |
Isle of Man Catchments Subgroup (IMCA)
|
| Previous Name(s): |
Bungalow Formation
(-745)
|
| Alternative Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
|
| Stratotypes: |
| Type Area |
The Curragh area, c 15km northwest of Ballaugh, northwest part of Isle of Man. Chadwick, R A er al. (2001) |
| Reference(s): |
| Chadwick, R A, Jackson, D I, Barnes, R P, Kimbell, G S, Johnson, H, Chiverell, R C, Thomas, G S P, Jones, N S, Riley, N J, Pickett, E A, Young, B, Holliday, D W, Ball, D F, Molyneux, S G, Long, D, Power, G M, and Roberts, D H. 2001. Geology of the Isle of Man and its offshore area. British Geological Survey Research Report RR/01/06. |
| Thomas, G S P. 1999. Northern England. 91-98 in Bowen, D Q (Editor), A revised correlation of Quaternary and Neogene 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: |
|
E400
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