| Computer Code: |
STGO |
Preferred Map Code: |
notEntered |
| Status Code: |
Full |
| Age range: |
Pleistocene Epoch (QP)
— Pleistocene Epoch (QP) |
| Lithological Description: |
Fluviatile gravel with sand. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Unconformable, commonly chanelled base, resting on bedrock surface. |
| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Ground surface. |
| Thickness: |
0 to 8m |
| Geographical Limits: |
River Great Ouse Valley, Central England. |
| Parent Unit: |
Ouse Valley Formation (OUSE)
|
| Previous Name(s): |
Second Terrace of the Ouse [Obsolete Name and Code: Use STGO]
(-4347)
|
| Alternative Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
|
| Stratotypes: |
| Type Section |
Hartigan's Pit, Stoke Goldington, Buckinghamshire. Green et al. 1996. |
| Reference(s): |
| Bowen, D Q. 1999. A revised correlation of Quaternary deposits in the British Isles. Geological Society Special Report, No. 23. |
| Green, C P, Jones, R L, Keen, D H, Bowen, D Q, Currant, A P, Holyoak, D T, Ivanovich, M, Robinson, J E, Rogerson, R J, and Young, R C. 1996. Pleistocene deposits at Stoke Goldington, in the valley of the Great Ouse, United Kingdom. Journal of Quaternary Science, Vol. 11, 59-87. |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
|
E185
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