| Computer Code: |
KEMO |
Preferred Map Code: |
KER |
| Status Code: |
Full |
| Age range: |
Devensian Stage (QD)
— Devensian Stage (QD) |
| Lithological Description: |
Interbedded diamicton, boulder gravel, sand, silt and clay. Typically reddish brown with clasts of red sandstone dominant, but locally yellowish brown with clasts of yellow sandstone dominant. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Generally conformable with the Gretna Till Formation, or rests unconformably on bedrock. |
| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Generally the ground surface. |
| Thickness: |
5m |
| Geographical Limits: |
Solway Lowlands. |
| Parent Unit: |
Irish Sea Coast Glacigenic Subgroup (ISCG)
|
| Previous Name(s): |
Morainic drift [Obsolete Name and Code: Use MORD]
(DOD)
|
| Alternative Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
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| Stratotypes: |
| Type Area |
Mounds and ridges found in the vicinity of Kerr Height, 5km southwest of Langholm, Dumfries-shire. The ridges are generally closely associated with ice-marginal glacial drainage channels and formed at the ice margin during glacial retreat. Merritt et al., in preparation. |
| Reference(s): |
| Merritt, J W et al. [in preparation]. The Quaternary geology of the Solway area. BGS Research Report. |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
| none recorded or not applicable |
