| Computer Code: |
CEGB |
Preferred Map Code: |
notEntered |
| Status Code: |
Full |
| Age range: |
Thanetian Age (GT)
— Thanetian Age (GT) |
| Lithological Description: |
The Cliffs End Greensand Bed comprises glauconitic, very fine-grained sand and silt, some clayey, with scattered flint gravel. |
| 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: |
none recorded or not applicable
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| Parent Unit: |
Base Bed Member (BSBD)
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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 |
Cliffs near Little Cliffsend, Pegwell Bay, Kent. Daley, 1999; Ward, 1977; Curry, 1981. |
| Reference(s): |
| Daley, B. 1999. London Basin: eastern localities. 23-72 in British Tertiary Stratigraphy. Daley, B, and Balson, P (editors). Geological Conservation Review Series 15. |
| Ward, D J. 1977. The Thanet Beds exposure at Pegwell Bay, Kent. Tertiary Research, Vol. 1, p. 69-76. |
| Curry, D. 1981. Thanetian. 255-265 in Stratotypes of Palaeogene stages. Pomerol, C (editor). Mémoire Hors Série du Bulletin d'Information des Géologues du Bassin du Paris, No. 2. |
| Aldiss, D T. 2014. The stratigraphical framework for the Palaeogene successions of the London Basin, UK. British Geological Survey Open Report OR/14/008. 95 pp. |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
| none recorded or not applicable |
