The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

Combe Sand and Gravel Member

Computer Code: CMBE Preferred Map Code: notEntered
Status Code: Pending Upgrade
Age range: Quaternary Period (Q) — Quaternary Period (Q)
Lithological Description: Chalk gravel in a fine-grained chalk clay matrix, with flint pebbles; commonly overlain by a metre of pale brown silty chalky loam; waterlain. [Generic description: 1:50 k map margins].
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: Sudbury Formation (SBRY)
Previous Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Alternative Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Stratotypes:
none recorded or not applicable
Reference(s):
none recorded or not applicable
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used:
E217