| Computer Code: |
SPBY |
Preferred Map Code: |
notEntered |
| Status Code: |
Pending Upgrade |
| Age range: |
Quaternary Period (Q)
— Quaternary Period (Q) |
| Lithological Description: |
Limestone-dominant gravels forming terraces along the upper Evenlode valley, between Lyneham [SP 263 212] and Spelsbury. |
| 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: |
Upper Evenlode valley, between Lyneham [SP 263 212] and Spelsbury. |
| Parent Unit: |
Upper Thames Valley Formation (UTMS)
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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 Section |
Gravel pit at Dean Grove, Spelsbury (or Chadlington) [SP 340 213] (Arkell, 1947a, b). |
| 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. |
| Arkell, W J. 1947. The Geology of Oxford. 267pp. (Oxford: Clarendon Press.) |
| Arkell, W J. 1947. The geology of Evenlode Gorge, Oxfordshire. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, Vol. 58, 87-113. |
| Horton, A, Poole, E G, Williams, B J, Illing, V C and Hobson, G D. 1987. Geology of the country around Chipping Norton. Memoir of the British Geological Survey, Sheet 218 (England and Wales). |
| Sumbler, M G. 2001. The Moreton Drift, a further clue to glacial chronology in central England. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, Vol.112, 13-27. |
| Tomlinson, M E. 1929. The drifts of the Stour-Evenlode watershed and their extension into the valleys of the Warwickshire Stour and Upper Evenlode. Proceedings of the Birmingham Natural History and Philosophical Society, Vol.15, 157-196. |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
| none recorded or not applicable |
