| Computer Code: |
DAY |
Preferred Map Code: |
notEntered |
| Status Code: |
Full |
| Age range: |
Quaternary Period (Q)
— Quaternary Period (Q) |
| Lithological Description: |
Flint-bearing sands and gravels forming a terrace in the upper reaches of the Evenlode. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Around Bledington (e.g. at Bledington Pit [SP 248 233]) the more or less limestone-poor gravels overlie limestone-rich gravels. The latter are probably merely the lower, less decalcified parts of the deposit but may be the older Spelsbury Gravel Member (SPBY) (Arkell, 1947a, b; Horton et al., 1987), implying a crossing of the terrace profiles. |
| 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: |
Upper reaches of the Evenlode. |
| Parent Unit: |
Upper Thames Valley Formation (UTMS)
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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 |
Daylesford Gravel Pit [SP 244 244]. |
| 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. |
| Arkell, W J. 1947. The Geology of Oxford. 267pp. (Oxford: Clarendon Press.) |
| Arkell, W J. 1947. The geology of Evenlode Gorge, Oxfordshire. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, Vol. 58, 87-113. |
| Bowen, D Q. 1999. A revised correlation of Quaternary deposits in the British Isles. Geological Society Special Report, No. 23. |
| Horton, A, Poole, E G, Williams, B J, Illing, V C and Hobson, G D. 1987. Geology of the country around Chipping Norton. Memoir of the British Geological Survey, Sheet 218 (England and Wales). |
| Tomlinson, M E. 1929. The drifts of the Stour-Evenlode watershed and their extension into the valleys of the Warwickshire Stour and Upper Evenlode. Proceedings of the Birmingham Natural History and Philosophical Society, Vol.15, 157-196. |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
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E217
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