| Computer Code: |
DVHL |
Preferred Map Code: |
notEntered |
| Status Code: |
Pending Upgrade |
| Age range: |
Early Pliocene (NOE)
— Early Pleistocene (QPE) |
| Lithological Description: |
Fossiliferous clay. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
none recorded or not applicable
|
| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
none recorded or not applicable
|
| Thickness: |
none recorded or not applicable
|
| Geographical Limits: |
Derbyshire. |
| Parent Unit: |
Britannia Catchments Group (BCAT)
|
| Previous Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
|
| Alternative Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
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| Stratotypes: |
| Type Section |
Victoria Cave [SK 079 679], Derbyshire. |
| 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. |
| Bowen, D Q. 1999. A revised correlation of Quaternary deposits in the British Isles. Geological Society Special Report, No. 23. |
| Spencer, H E P, and Melville, R V. 1974. The Pleistocene mammalian fauna of Dove Holes, Derbyshire. Bulletin of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, Vol. 48, 43-53. |
| Stuart, A J. 1982. Pleistocene vertebrates in the British Isles. (London: Longman.) |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
| none recorded or not applicable |
