The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details
Kempton Park Gravel Member
Computer Code: | KPGR | Preferred Map Code: | notEntered |
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Status Code: | Full | ||
Age range: | Devensian Stage (QD) — Devensian Stage (QD) | ||
Lithological Description: | Sand and gravel, locally with lenses of silt, clay or peat. [Generic description]. | ||
Definition of Lower Boundary: | Rests on bedrock geology of London Clay, or Woolwich and Reading Beds. | ||
Definition of Upper Boundary: | At surface. | ||
Thickness: | Average thickness 6m, but much thicker where infilling deep hollows. | ||
Geographical Limits: | Thames Valley and associated tributaries. | ||
Parent Unit: | Maidenhead Formation (MNHD) | ||
Previous Name(s): | Kempton Park Gravel [Obsolete Name and Code: Use KPGR]
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Upper Floodplain Terrace [Obsolete Name and Code: Use KPGR] (-4737) Flood Plain Gravel (FPGR) Kempton Park Gravel Member (KPGR) Kempton Park Member [Obsolete Name and Code: Use KPGR] (-2879) |
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Alternative Name(s): | none recorded or not applicable | ||
Stratotypes: | |||
Type Section | Kempton Park, former gravel workings at Kempton Park Racecourse. Bowen, 1999. | ||
Reference(s): | |||
Bowen, D Q. 1999. A revised correlation of Quaternary deposits in the British Isles. Geological Society Special Report, No. 23. | |||
Ellison, R A, Woods, M A, Allen, D J, Forster, A, Pharaoh, T C and King, C. 2004. Geology of London. Memoir of the British Geological Survey, Sheets 256 (North London), 257 (Romford), 270 (South London), 271 (Dartford) (England and Wales). | |||
Strange, P J. 1992. A new nomenclature for the River Terrace Deposits of North London. British Geological Survey Technical Report, WA/92/52. | |||
Gibbard, P L and others. 1982. Middle Devensian river deposits beneath the 'Upper Floodplain' terrace of the River Thames at Kempton Park, Sunbury, Surrey. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association. Vol.93, 275-290. | |||
McMillan, A A, Hamblin, R J O and Merritt, J W. 2005. An overview of the lithostratigraphical framework for the Quarternary and Neogene deposits of Great Britain (onshore). British Geological Survey Research Report RR/04/04. | |||
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: | |||
E269 E285 E256 E257 E268 |