The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

Buitenbanken Formation

Computer Code: BTK Preferred Map Code: BTK
Status Code: Pending Upgrade
Age range: Holocene Epoch (QH) — Holocene Epoch (QH)
Lithological Description: Medium-grained, locally fine- or coarse-grained and locally gravelly sands; sediments represent marine reworking of late Pleistocene fluviatile gravels and shelly marine sands.
Definition of Lower Boundary: Base Holocene.
Definition of Upper Boundary: Passage from nearshore sediments with Spisula Subtruncata bivalve assemblage to fully marine sediments with Angulus Pygmaeus bivalve assemblage.
Thickness: Maximum 5 metres, mostly < 2 metres.
Geographical Limits: Not defined.
Parent Unit: Not Entered (?)
Previous Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Alternative Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Stratotypes:
none recorded or not applicable
Reference(s):
Cameron, T D J, Laban, C, and Schuttenhelm, R T E. 1984. Solid Geology, Quaternary Geology and Sea-Bed Sediments of the United Kingdom and Continental Shelf. British Geological Survey, 1:250 000 series, 52N-02E Quaternary: Flemish Bight, Quaternary Geology, MR/85/38. (Southampton: Ordnance Survey for the British Geological Survey.) 
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used:
none recorded or not applicable