| Computer Code: |
TOR1 |
Preferred Map Code: |
notEntered |
| Status Code: |
Full |
| Age range: |
Pleistocene Epoch (QP)
— Pleistocene Epoch (QP) |
| Lithological Description: |
Predominantly silty clay with scattered rounded sandstone clasts. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Unconformable on shales and sandstones of Late Carboniferous age. |
| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Surface. |
| Thickness: |
Unknown, probably less than 5 m. |
| Geographical Limits: |
Torridge and tributary valleys near Great Torrington, Devon. |
| Parent Unit: |
Torridge Valley Formation (TORR)
|
| Previous Name(s): |
River Terrace Deposits, 1 (Torridge) [Obsolete Name and Code: Use TOR1]
(-1869)
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| Alternative Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
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| Stratotypes: |
| Type Area |
Torridge valley and tributary valleys downstream from Great Torrington. Freshney et al., 1979. |
| Reference(s): |
| Freshney, E C, Edmonds, E A, Taylor, R T, and Williams, B J. 1979. Geology of the country around Bude and Bradworthy. Memoir of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, sheets 307 and 308 (England and Wales). |
| Freshney, E C, Beer, K E, and Wright, J E. 1979. Geology of the country around Chumleigh. Memoir of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, Sheet 309 (England and Wales). |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
|
E308
E309
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