The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

Hunsingore Esker Member

Computer Code: HUE Preferred Map Code: notEntered
Status Code: Full
Age range: Dimlington Stadial (QDD) — Dimlington Stadial (QDD)
Lithological Description: Comprises up to about 16 m of sand and gravel forming a sinuous, beaded ridge that bifurcates in places that extends for 13 km from Brooms House [SE 399 633] in the north through Hunsingore to Lingcroft [SE 437 512] in the south (Cooper and Burgess, 1993). Late Devensian, Dimlington Stadial (MIS 2).
Definition of Lower Boundary: none recorded or not applicable
Definition of Upper Boundary: none recorded or not applicable
Thickness: Up to about 16 m.
Geographical Limits: Vale of York.
Parent Unit: Vale Of York Formation (VYORK)
Previous Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Alternative Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Stratotypes:
Type Area  Extends for 13 km from Brooms House [SE 399 633] in the north through Hunsingore to Lingcroft [SE 437 512] in the south. 
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. 
Cooper, A H and Burgess, I C. 1993. Geology of the country around Harrogate. Memoir for 1:50000 geological sheet 62 (England and Wales). London: HMSO for the British Geological Survey. 
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used:
none recorded or not applicable