| Computer Code: |
GFTD3 |
Preferred Map Code: |
notEntered |
| Status Code: |
Full |
| Age range: |
Devensian Stage (QD)
— Devensian Stage (QD) |
| Lithological Description: |
See GFTD Glaciofluvial terrace deposits. Glaciofluvial terrace deposits, 3 is older than Glaciofluvial terrace deposits, 2 on the same map area.
Sand and gravel. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
none recorded or not applicable
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| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
none recorded or not applicable
|
| Thickness: |
Variable. |
| Geographical Limits: |
none recorded or not applicable
|
| Parent Unit: |
Glaciofluvial sheet and channel deposits (GFSCD)
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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: |
| Reference Section |
Lamb Rigg and Gill Flow Moss glaciofluvial terraces (260 - 300 m OD), in the upper reaches of Broadshaw Water, a tributary of the Kinnel Water, Annandale. There can be no "Stratotype" per se for this type of unit. The quoted example is a typical, representative occurrence. Others occur in many glaciated areas. |
| Reference(s): |
| none recorded or not applicable |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
| none recorded or not applicable |
