| Computer Code: |
LMGV |
Preferred Map Code: |
notEntered |
| Status Code: |
Full |
| Age range: |
Devensian Stage (QD)
— Devensian Stage (QD) |
| Lithological Description: |
Typically clast-supported, poorly sorted cobble gravel forming glaciofluvial terraces. Clasts are generally rounded to well rounded and comprise Borrowdale Volcanic Group rocks, slate, red, yellow and white sandstones, granophyre and granite. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Generally erosional contact on older members of the Gosforth Glacigenic Formation. At its type section it rests on the Rothersyke Till Member. |
| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Generally occurs at the ground surface. |
| Thickness: |
Typically 2 to 4m thick |
| Geographical Limits: |
1:50k Sheet 37 Gosforth. Egremont - Beckermet area, and Lower Wasdale area (seaward of the "Gosforth Oscillation Limit"), Western Cumbria. |
| Parent Unit: |
Gosforth Glacigenic Formation (GOGL)
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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: |
| Type Section |
"Rothersyke Scar" river cliff section on western side of River Ehen, between Rothersyke House and Low Mill; c.300m west of Thornhill village, west Cumbria. Nirex Science Report SA/97/045 (Issue 2.0) 1997. |
| Reference Section |
River section on western side of River Ehen at Billy Hole, c.1km northwest of Beckermet, west Cumbria. Nirex Science Report SA/97/045 (Issue 2.0) 1997. |
| Reference(s): |
| Merritt, J W and Auton, C A. 1997. Quaternary lithostratigraphy of the Sellafield district. Nirex Science Report SA/97/045 (Issue 2.0). [Report prepared for UK Nirex Ltd. 69pp, 5 tables, 20 figures, 14 enclosures and one appendix.] |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
| none recorded or not applicable |
