| Computer Code: |
SLSG |
Preferred Map Code: |
symb |
| Status Code: |
Full |
| Age range: |
Anglian Stage (QA)
— Anglian Stage (QA) |
| Lithological Description: |
Yellow,orange and grey medium- to coarse-grained cross-bedded sand with subordinate lenses or sheets of flinty gravel. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Not seen, probably sharp and locally erosional on the underlying Oadby Till. |
| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Sharp contact with an overlying sheet of the Oadby Till. |
| Thickness: |
Variable, locally at least 11m around Shawell. |
| Geographical Limits: |
Patchy outcrops extend from around Newton (SK 53 78) northwards to around Lutterworth (SK 53 86). |
| 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 |
Around Shawell in Warwickshire, where it was formerly exposed in quarries. |
| Reference(s): |
| Sumbler, M G. 1983. A new look at the type Wolstonian glacial deposits of Central England. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, Vol. 94, 23 - 31. |
| Bridge, D M, Carney, J N, Lawley, R S, and Rushton, A W A. 1998. Geology of the country around Coventry and Nuneaton. Memoir of the British Geological Survey, Sheet 169 (England and Wales). |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
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E184
E169
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