| Computer Code: |
KNSG |
Preferred Map Code: |
notEntered |
| Status Code: |
Pending Upgrade |
| Age range: |
Quaternary Period (Q)
— Quaternary Period (Q) |
| 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 1 m. |
| Geographical Limits: |
Upper Soar Valley. It is not present in the lower Soar valley. |
| Parent Unit: |
Soar Valley Formation (SOARV)
|
| Previous Name(s): |
Knighton Sand and Gravel [Obsolete Name and Code: Use KNSG]
(-4734)
|
| Alternative Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
|
| Stratotypes: |
| Type Area |
The Knighton district [SK 60 01] of Leicester. |
| Reference(s): |
| 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. |
| Rice, R J, 1968. The Quaternary deposits of central Leicestershire. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series A, Vol.262, 459-509. |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
| none recorded or not applicable |
