| Computer Code: |
SE2 |
Preferred Map Code: |
E2 |
| Status Code: |
Full |
| Age range: |
Holocene Epoch (QH)
— Holocene Epoch (QH) |
| Lithological Description: |
Sand and gravel, well sorted, brown. Reddish brown clayey sand and gravel, commonly passing upwards into reddish brown, pebbly silty sand. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Sharp, undulating, erosional contact, mainly on reddish brown, clayey, sandstone-rich diamicton of the Gretna Till Formation or on bedrock. |
| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
The present ground surface, generally up to 6 m above floodplain level. |
| Thickness: |
Up to 12 m thick. |
| Geographical Limits: |
The valley of the River Esk downstream of Mumbie Cottages, Canonbie, Dumfries-shire. |
| Parent Unit: |
Solway Esk Valley Formation (SESKV)
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| Previous Name(s): |
River Terrace Deposits, 2 (Solway Esk) [Obsolete Name and Code: Use SE2]
(-1172)
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| Alternative Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
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| Stratotypes: |
| Type Area |
The valley of the River Esk, downstream of Canonbie, Dumfriesshire. Dixon et al., 1926. |
| Reference(s): |
| Dixon, E E L, Maden J, Trotter, F M, Hollingworth, M A, and Tonks, L H. 1926. The geology of the Carlisle, Longtown and Silloth District. Memoir of the Geological Survey of England and Wales. |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
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E011
E017
S010
S011
S006
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