| Computer Code: |
MTON |
Preferred Map Code: |
notEntered |
| Status Code: |
Pending Upgrade |
| Age range: |
Quaternary Period (Q)
— Quaternary Period (Q) |
| Lithological Description: |
Heterogeneous silts, sands and clays. The bulk of the member is composed of red, soft silty clays, laminated reddish or grey clays and silty fine-grained sands with a few scattered pebbles. It includes bodies of reddish brown, Trias-rich till, similar to the Thrussington Till Member (THT), and the silts are analogous to the Wolston Clay Member (WOC) of the Avon Valley and Leicestershire. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
none recorded or not applicable
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| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
none recorded or not applicable
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| Thickness: |
none recorded or not applicable
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| Geographical Limits: |
Occurs around Moreton-in-Marsh. |
| Parent Unit: |
Wolston Glacigenic Formation (WOLS)
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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 |
Moreton-in-Marsh [SP 205 323]. |
| 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. |
| Sumbler, M G. 2001. The Moreton Drift, a further clue to glacial chronology in central England. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, Vol.112, 13-27. |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
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E217
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