| Computer Code: |
LITI |
Preferred Map Code: |
notEntered |
| Status Code: |
Full |
| Age range: |
Pleistocene Epoch (QP)
— Pleistocene Epoch (QP) |
| Lithological Description: |
Deeply weathered sand and gravel and red clay (till). Erratics include both Welsh sandstone boulders (Millstone Grit Group, Namurian) and clasts of Irish Sea provenance (George, 1933) |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Unconformable contact with bedrock (limestone of the Pembroke Limestone Group, Dinantian) |
| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Overlain by reworked sands and gravels or at ground surface |
| Thickness: |
none recorded or not applicable
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| Geographical Limits: |
South and west Gower |
| Parent Unit: |
Albion Glacigenic Group (ALBI)
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| Previous Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
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| Alternative Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
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| Stratotypes: |
| Reference Section |
Hills Farm Borehole, Port Eynon, on the crest of the Paviland Moraine 21.5m of deeply weathered sand and gravel on 1.5 m of red clay (Bowen, 1999; Bowen p. 148 in Lewis and Richards, 2005) |
| Reference Section |
Hangman's Cross Borehole, Oxwich 10m of gravel (Bowen, p. 148 in Lewis and Richards, 2005) |
| Reference(s): |
| George, T N. 1933. The glacial deposits of Gower. Geological Magazine, Vol. 70, 208-232. |
| Bowen, D Q. 2005. South Wales. In The Glaciations of Wales and Adjacent Areas. Lewis, C A, and Richards, A E (editors). (Logaston Press.) |
| Bowen, D Q. 1999. A revised correlation of Quaternary deposits in the British Isles. Geological Society Special Report, No. 23. |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
| none recorded or not applicable |
