| Computer Code: |
FHA |
Preferred Map Code: |
notEntered |
| Status Code: |
Pending Upgrade |
| Age range: |
Holocene Epoch (QH)
— Holocene Epoch (QH) |
| Lithological Description: |
Varies from pebbly muddy sands, and silty muds to interlaminated silts and muds. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Base of unit unconformably overlies all pre-existing sediments. |
| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Top of unit unconformably overlain by seabed sediments. |
| Thickness: |
c.23 metres. |
| Geographical Limits: |
Not defined. |
| Parent Unit: |
Forth Formation (FH)
|
| Previous Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
|
| Alternative Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
|
| Stratotypes: |
| none recorded or not applicable |
| Reference(s): |
| Thomson, M E, and Eden, R A. 1977. Quaternary deposits of the central North Sea, 3. The Quaternary sequence in the west-central North Sea. Report of the Institute of Geological Sciences, No. 77/12. |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
| none recorded or not applicable |
