| Computer Code: |
FC |
Preferred Map Code: |
symb |
| Status Code: |
Full |
| Age range: |
Anglian Stage (QA)
— Anglian Stage (QA) |
| Lithological Description: |
Clay and silt, partly laminated, with dropstones; minor sand and gravel. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Top of bedrock at base of Elvaston palaeochannel; Oadby Till intervenes locally. |
| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Either base of overlying river terrace sand and gravel, base of overlying Oadby Till or present day land surface. |
| Thickness: |
To 19 m. |
| Geographical Limits: |
Elvaston palaeochannel, Derbyshire. |
| Parent Unit: |
Wolston Glacigenic Formation (WOLS)
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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: |
| none recorded or not applicable |
| Reference(s): |
| Brandon, A, and Cooper, A H. 1997. Geology of the Etwall area: 1:10 000 Sheet SK23SE. British Geological Survey Technical Report WA/97/03. |
| Brandon, A. 1997. Geology of the Stretton and Repton areas: 1:10 000 Sheets SK22NE and SK32NW. British Geological Survey Technical Report WA/97/02. |
| 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. |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
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E141
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