| Computer Code: |
WOHE |
Preferred Map Code: |
notEntered |
| Status Code: |
Pending Upgrade |
| Age range: |
Quaternary Period (Q)
— Quaternary Period (Q) |
| Lithological Description: |
A valley sandur deposit of more-or-less flinty outwash gravels, derived from the Oadby Member (Sumbler, 2001). It grades southwards and, beyond the southern limit of the Moreton Drift, is represented by the Daylesford Member (DAY) of the Upper Thames Valley Formation (on the basis of elevation and clast content). |
| 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: |
Uppermost Evenlode valley (a Thames tributary) around Moreton-in-Marsh. |
| Parent Unit: |
Wolston Glacigenic Formation (WOLS)
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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: |
| none recorded or not applicable |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
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E217
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