| Computer Code: |
ECTN |
Preferred Map Code: |
notEntered |
| Status Code: |
Full |
| Age range: |
Devensian Stage (QD)
— Devensian Stage (QD) |
| Lithological Description: |
Gravel with sand, clay and, locally, peat. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Unconformable, commonly chanelled base, resting on bedrock surface. |
| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
At ground surface or at base of overlying alluvium. |
| Thickness: |
0 to 4.5m |
| Geographical Limits: |
Nene Valley, Central England. |
| Parent Unit: |
Nene Valley Formation (NENE)
|
| Previous Name(s): |
Floodplain gravels [Obsolete Name and Code: Use ECTN]
(-2777)
|
| Alternative Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
|
| Stratotypes: |
| Type Area |
Ecton, Northamptonshire. |
| Reference(s): |
| Bowen, D Q. 1999. A revised correlation of Quaternary deposits in the British Isles. Geological Society Special Report, No. 23. |
| Castledon, R. 1976. The floodplain gravels of the River Nene. Mercian Geologist, Vol. 6, 33-47. |
| Holyoak, D T and Seddon, M. 1984. Devensian and Flandrian fossiliferous deposits in the Nene Valley, Central England. Mercian Geologist, Vol.9, 127-150. |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
|
E185
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