| Computer Code: |
TOR8 |
Preferred Map Code: |
notEntered |
| Status Code: |
Full |
| Age range: |
Pleistocene Epoch (QP)
— Pleistocene Epoch (QP) |
| Lithological Description: |
Predominantly clay, silt and gravel. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Unconformable on Late Carboniferous shales and sandstones. |
| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Surface. |
| Thickness: |
Unknown, probably less than 5 m. |
| Geographical Limits: |
Valley of River Okement near Sampford Courtenay Station northwards to Monkokehampton, Devon. |
| Parent Unit: |
Torridge Valley Formation (TORR)
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| Previous Name(s): |
River Terrace Deposits, 8 (Torridge) [Obsolete Name and Code: Use TOR8]
(-1871)
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| Alternative Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
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| Stratotypes: |
| Type Area |
Valley of River Okement about 2 km NW of Sampford Courtenay Station northwards to Monkokehampton. Edmonds et al., 1968. |
| Reference(s): |
| Edmonds, E A, Wright, J E, Beer, K E, Hawkes, J R, Fenning, P J, Freshney, E C, Lovelock, P E R, McKeown, M C, Ramsbottom, W H C, and Williams, M. 1968. Geology of the country around Okehampton. Memoir of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, Sheet 324 (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: |
|
E309
E324
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