The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

Rail Embankment

Computer Code: MBRA Preferred Map Code: notEntered
Status Code: Full
Age range: Holocene Epoch (QH) — Holocene Epoch (QH)
Lithological Description: An Engineered Embankment used to support a railway track and / or associated development (e.g. drainage, signalling etc.). Composition: Variable.
Definition of Lower Boundary: none recorded or not applicable
Definition of Upper Boundary: none recorded or not applicable
Thickness: none recorded or not applicable
Geographical Limits: none recorded or not applicable
Parent Unit: Engineered Embankment (Undivided) (MBU)
Previous Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Alternative Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Stratotypes:
none recorded or not applicable
Reference(s):
Ford, J, Kessler, H, Cooper, A H, Price, S J, and Humpage A J. 2010. An enhanced classification for artificial ground. British Geological Survey Open Report, OR/10/36. 
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used:
none recorded or not applicable