The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

Stourbridge Beds

Computer Code: S329 Preferred Map Code: notEntered
Status Code: Index Level
Age range: Ipswichian Stage (QI) — Ipswichian Stage (QI)
Lithological Description: Sand and gravel at the base of the Holt Heath Sand and Gravel Member (HHSG).
Definition of Lower Boundary: none recorded or not applicable
Definition of Upper Boundary: none recorded or not applicable
Thickness: none recorded or not applicable
Geographical Limits: Stourbridge (Boulton, 1917).
Parent Unit: Holt Heath Sand and Gravel Member (HHSG)
Previous Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Alternative Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Stratotypes:
Type Section  Stourbridge [SO 895 855] (Boulton, 1917). 
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. 
Boulton, W S. 1917. Mammalian remains in the Glacial Gravels at Stourbridge. Proceedings of the Birmingham Natural History and Philosophical Society, Vol. 4, 107. 
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used:
none recorded or not applicable