The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

Older coastal zone deposits of Holocene age, undifferentiated

Computer Code: CZDU Preferred Map Code: notEntered
Status Code: Pending Upgrade
Age range: Holocene Epoch (QH) — Holocene Epoch (QH)
Lithological Description: Coastal zone deposits include all deposits of the nearshore environment including foreshore, backshore, estuary (intertidal deposits) and saltmarsh/lowland hinterland (supratidal deposits). Interbedded clay, silt, sand and peat
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: Coastal zone deposits (CZD)
Previous Name(s): Older coastal zone deposits of Flandrian age, undifferentiated [Obsolete Name and Code: Use CZDU] (-5257)
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:
none recorded or not applicable