| Computer Code: |
GOHL |
Preferred Map Code: |
notEntered |
| Status Code: |
Full |
| Age range: |
Devensian Stage (QD)
— Devensian Stage (QD) |
| Lithological Description: |
Planar and trough cross-bedded, ripple laminated and horizontally laminated sand, and massive to crudely bedded with trough cross-bedded gravel. Deformed bedding, faults and folds are present. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Unconformably overlies the Wilderness Till Formation |
| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Ground surface or disconformably overlain by deposits of the Ross Sand and Bellshill Clay members(Broomhouse Sand and Gravel Formation), the Paisley Clay Member or Bridgeton Sand Member(Clyde Clay Formation) |
| Thickness: |
Up to 25 m |
| Geographical Limits: |
Clyde valley, west-central Scotland |
| Parent Unit: |
Broomhouse Sand and Gravel Formation (BHSE)
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| Previous Name(s): |
Broomhouse Formation [Obsolete Name and Code: Use BHSE, GOHL]
(-4462)
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| Alternative Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
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| Stratotypes: |
| Type Section |
Former Greenoakhill Sand and Gravel Pit, Wester Daldowie Farm, Glasgow: over 12 m of fine- to coarse-grained sand, sandy gravel in mounds and eskers overlain by clay and silt of the Paisley Clay Member (Clyde Clay Formation) Browne and McMillan (1989) |
| Reference(s): |
| Browne, M A E, and McMillan, A A. 1989a. Quaternary geology of the Clyde valley. British Geological Survey Research Report, SA/89/1. |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
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S023
S030
S031
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