The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

Wolston Sand and Gravel [Obsolete: use WIGS]

Computer Code: WOSG Preferred Map Code: notEntered
Status Code: Index Level
Age range: Quaternary Period (Q) — Quaternary Period (Q)
Lithological Description: [Obsolete: use WIGS] Sand and gravel, locally with lenses of silt, clay or peat. [Generic description].
Definition of Lower Boundary: none recorded or not applicable
Definition of Upper Boundary: none recorded or not applicable
Thickness: none recorded or not applicable
Geographical Limits: none recorded or not applicable
Parent Unit: none recorded or not applicable
Previous Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Alternative Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Stratotypes:
none recorded or not applicable
Reference(s):
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. 
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). 
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used:
none recorded or not applicable