| Computer Code: |
DIMS |
Preferred Map Code: |
notEntered |
| Status Code: |
Full |
| Age range: |
Dimlington Stadial (QDD)
— Dimlington Stadial (QDD) |
| Lithological Description: |
Sand and silt; laminated; thought to be water-lain (possibly lacustrine).
Organic silts 14C dated to 18,500 +/- 400 and 18,240 +/- 250 (Penny et al., 1969). Late Devensian, Dimlington Stadial (MIS 2). |
| 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: |
Holderness, East Yorkshire. |
| Parent Unit: |
Holderness Formation (HOLD)
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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 |
Dimlington Cliff [TA 376 237] (Catt and Penny, 1966; Madgett and Catt, 1978). The type locality for the Late Devensian Dimlington Stadial. |
| Reference(s): |
| Catt, J A, and Penny, L F. 1966. The Pleistocene deposits of Holderness, East Yorkshire. Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society, Vol. 35, 375-420. |
| Madgett, P A, and Catt, J A. 1978. Petrography, stratigraphy and weathering of Late Pleistocene tills in East Yorkshire. Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society, Vol. 42, 55-108. |
| 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. |
| Penny, L F, Coope, G R, and Catt, J A. 1969. Age and insect fauna of the Dimlington Silts, East Yorkshire. Nature, Vol. 224, 65-67. |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
| none recorded or not applicable |
