| Computer Code: |
GLNBA |
Preferred Map Code: |
notEntered |
| Status Code: |
Full |
| Age range: |
Devensian Stage (QD)
— Devensian Stage (QD) |
| Lithological Description: |
Peat, organic mud and calcareous marl that infills kettlehole basins. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Unconformably overlies glacigenic deposits (diamictons, laminated muds, sands and gravels) of the Jurby and Orrisdale formations. |
| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Usually the ground surface, but may be overlain by Holocene sediments (such as peat, with Holocene plant and insect remains, or brown sand). |
| Thickness: |
2m of calcareous marl, capped by peaty clay, is recorded in a kettlehole infill at Glen Wyllin. |
| Geographical Limits: |
Northern part of the Isle of Man. (50k sheets 36 and possibly 46). |
| Parent Unit: |
Isle of Man Catchments Subgroup (IMCA)
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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: |
| Type Area |
Coastal cliff sections between Glen Balleira and Glen Wylin, c.0.5km west and northwest of Kirk Michael, Isle of Man. Chadwick, R A. et al. 2001. |
| Reference(s): |
| Thomas, G S P. 1999. Northern England. 91-98 in Bowen, D Q (Editor), A revised correlation of Quaternary and Neogene deposits in the British Isles. Geological Society Special Report No.23. |
| Ford, T D, Burnett, D, and Quirk, D. 2001. The geology of the Isle of Man. Geologists' Association Guide 46, 2nd Edition. (London: Geologists' Association.) |
| Chadwick, R A, Jackson, D I, Barnes, R P, Kimbell, G S, Johnson, H, Chiverell, R C, Thomas, G S P, Jones, N S, Riley, N J, Pickett, E A, Young, B, Holliday, D W, Ball, D F, Molyneux, S G, Long, D, Power, G M, and Roberts, D H. 2001. Geology of the Isle of Man and its offshore area. British Geological Survey Research Report RR/01/06. |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
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E400
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