| Computer Code: |
SHE |
Preferred Map Code: |
notEntered |
| Status Code: |
Pending Upgrade |
| Age range: |
Quaternary Period (Q)
— Quaternary Period (Q) |
| Lithological Description: |
Limestone-rich gravels beneath the poorly-formed second terrace of the River Windrush in the Vale of Bourton (near Bourton-on-the-Water). It consists of more or less reworked head gravels and has yielded woolly mammoth and woolly rhinoceros (Coelodonta antiquitatis) (Richardson and Sandford, 1960; O'Neil and Shotton, 1974). |
| 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: |
Vale of Bourton. |
| Parent Unit: |
Upper Thames Valley Formation (UTMS)
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| Previous Name(s): |
Upper Magnesian Limestone (Durham) [Obsolete Name And Code: See SHE, CNCL, ROD]
(UML)
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| Alternative Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
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| Stratotypes: |
| none recorded or not applicable |
| 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. |
| O'Neil, H E, and Shotton, F W. 1974. Mammoth remains from gravel pits in the north Cotswolds. Proceedings of the Cotteswold Naturalist's Field Club, Vol. 36, 196-197. |
| Richardson, L, and Sandford, K S. 1960. Great Chessells Gravel Pit near Bourton-on-the-Water, Glos, and the occurrence of mammalian remains. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, Vol. 71, 40-46. |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
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E217
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