| Computer Code: |
WIGS |
Preferred Map Code: |
notEntered |
| Status Code: |
Full |
| Age range: |
Anglian Stage (QA)
— Anglian Stage (QA) |
| Lithological Description: |
Glaciofluvial sands and gravels with clasts generally dominated by lithologies such as Bunter pebbles and coal, suggesting derivation from the western ice that deposited the Thrussington Till Member (THT). |
| 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: |
It attains a probable maximum thickness of over 25 m in the area between Leicester and Coventry. |
| Geographical Limits: |
The type area is Wigston, south-east Leicester. It is well-developed in the area between Market Bosworth, Leicester and Monks Kirby [SP 46 83]. To the south it is probably represented by the Knightlow Sand Member at the latter's type locality. |
| Parent Unit: |
Wolston Glacigenic Formation (WOLS)
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| Previous Name(s): |
Wigston Sand and Gravel [Obsolete Name and Code: Use WIGS]
(-1918)
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| Alternative Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
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| Stratotypes: |
| Type Section |
Cadeby Pit [SK 435 028]. |
| 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. |
| Bowen, D Q. 1999. A revised correlation of Quaternary deposits in the British Isles. Geological Society Special Report, No. 23. |
| 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). |
| Douglas, T D. 1980. Quaternary deposits of western Leicestershire. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Vol. B288, 259-286. |
| Rice, R J. 1968. The Quaternary Era, 332-355 in: Sylvester-Bradley, P C and Ford, T D (editors). The Geology of the East Midlands. (Leicester University Press). |
| Rice, R J. 1981. The Pleistocene deposits of the area around Croft in South Leicestershire. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Vol.B293, 385-418. |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
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E142
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