| Computer Code: |
CUKM |
Preferred Map Code: |
notEntered |
| Status Code: |
Pending Upgrade |
| Age range: |
Mid Pleistocene (QPM)
— Holocene Epoch (QH) |
| Lithological Description: |
Alluvium and river terrace deposits of the River Cuckmere. There are two aggradations above the alluvium. |
| 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: |
Valley of the River Cuckmere, Sussex. |
| Parent Unit: |
Sussex Catchments Subgroup (SXCAT)
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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. |
| Gibbard, P L and Preece, R C. 1999. South and southeast England. 59-65 in Bowen, D Q (Editor), A revised correlation of Quaternary deposits in the British Isles. [London: The Geological Society.] |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
| none recorded or not applicable |
