| Computer Code: |
FGF |
Preferred Map Code: |
notEntered |
| Status Code: |
Pending Upgrade |
| Age range: |
Anglian Stage (QA)
— Anglian Stage (QA) |
| Lithological Description: |
Sand and gravel. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
none recorded or not applicable
|
| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
none recorded or not applicable
|
| Thickness: |
Up to 9m. |
| Geographical Limits: |
Restricted to the Farnham valley west to Nidd and south-east to between Knaresborough and Flaxby. |
| Parent Unit: |
North Pennine Glacigenic Subgroup (NPEG)
|
| Previous Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
|
| Alternative Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
|
| Stratotypes: |
| Type Section |
Farnham sand and gravel pit [SE 345 600] |
| Reference(s): |
| Cooper, A H, and Burgess, I C. 1993. Geology of the country around Harrogate. Memoir for 1:50000 geological sheet 62 (England and Wales). London: HMSO for the British Geological Survey. |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
| none recorded or not applicable |
