| Computer Code: |
LTILL |
Preferred Map Code: |
notEntered |
| Status Code: |
Full |
| Age range: |
Pleistocene Epoch (QP)
— Pleistocene Epoch (QP) |
| Lithological Description: |
Lodgement till is, usually overconsolidated, geotechnically stiff to hard till. It has been formed beneath a glacier as successive layers of glacial debris (ill-sorted rock flour and gravel to boulder grade, generally referred to as diamicton) plastered upon bedrock or other glacial deposits, by pressure melting and/or other mechanical processes. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
none recorded or not applicable
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| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
none recorded or not applicable
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| Thickness: |
none recorded or not applicable
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| Geographical Limits: |
none recorded or not applicable
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| Parent Unit: |
Till (TILL)
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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: |
| none recorded or not applicable |
| Reference(s): |
| McMillan, A A and Powell, J H. 1999. The classification of artificial (man made) ground and natural superficial deposits. British Geological Survey Research Report, RR/99/04. |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
| none recorded or not applicable |
