| Computer Code: |
NENE |
Preferred Map Code: |
notEntered |
| Status Code: |
Full |
| Age range: |
Pleistocene Epoch (QP)
— Holocene Epoch (QH) |
| Lithological Description: |
Gravel with sand, clay and locally peat. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Unconformable on mid Pleistocene glacial deposits, and on bedrock. |
| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Ground surface. |
| Thickness: |
Up to 7.6 m (Grendon Member), up to 4.5 m (Ecton Member), up to 3 m (Woodston Member). |
| Geographical Limits: |
The catchment of the Nene Valley. |
| Parent Unit: |
Ouse-Nene Catchments Subgroup (ONCA)
|
| 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 |
The valley of the Nar River, Norfolk [TF 91 19 - TF 62 13] (Ventris, 1986). |
| 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. |
| Bowen, D Q. 1999. A revised correlation of Quaternary deposits in the British Isles. Geological Society Special Report, No. 23. |
| Castledon, R. 1976. The floodplain gravels of the River Nene. Mercian Geologist, Vol. 6, 33-47. |
| Castleden, R. 1980. The second and third terrace of the River Nene. Mercian Geologist, Vol. 8, 29-46. |
| Horton, A, Keen, D H, Field, M H, Robinson, J E, Coope, G R, Currant, A P, Graham, D K, Green, C P, and Phillips, L M. 1992. The Hoxnian Interglacial Deposits at Woodston, Peterborough. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Vol.B338, No.1284, 131-164. |
| Ventris, P A. 1986. The Nar Valley. 7-55 in West, R G and Whiteman, C A (editors), The Nar Valley and North Norfolk Field Guide. [Coventry: Quaternary Research Association.] |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
| none recorded or not applicable |
