The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

Brays Silts Formation

Computer Code: BRSI Preferred Map Code: notEntered
Status Code: Pending Upgrade
Age range: Pleistocene Epoch (QP) — Pleistocene Epoch (QP)
Lithological Description: Greenish grey organic silts rich in an interglacial flora and fauna.
Definition of Lower Boundary: Base of palaeochannel cut in bedrock.
Definition of Upper Boundary: Erosion surface overlain by Mathon Sand and Gravel.
Thickness: Up to c.1 metre.
Geographical Limits: The Brays sand and gravel pit, near Mathon, Hereford and Worcester.
Parent Unit: Not Entered (?)
Previous Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Alternative Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Stratotypes:
Type Area  (Ephemeral exposures). The Brays sand and gravel pit, near Mathon, Hereford and Worcester. 
Reference(s):
Brandon, A. Not yet published. Interglacial deposits beneath the Mathon Sand and Gravel, west of the Malvern Hills. 
Barclay, W J, Ambrose K, Chadwick, R A, and Pharaoh, T C. 1997. Geology of the country around Worcester. Memoir of the British Geological Survey, Sheet 199 (England and Wales). 
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used:
none recorded or not applicable