Computer Code: |
MLTS |
Preferred Map Code: |
notEntered |
Status Code: |
Pending Upgrade |
Age range: |
Early Pleistocene (QPE)
— Early Pleistocene (QPE) |
Lithological Description: |
Comprises up to 13 m of pebbly sands with a wholly locally derived gravel fraction. |
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: |
Occurs in a number of widely separated outcrops on the interfluves of the upper reaches of the Welland and Nene rivers. |
Parent Unit: |
Dunwich Group (DUNW)
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Previous Name(s): |
Milton Sand (Obsolete name: use MLTS)
(MLTSD)
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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, Hamblin, R J O, and Merritt, J W. 2011. A lithostratigraphical framework for onshore Quaternary and Neogene (Tertiary) superficial deposits of Great Britain and the Isle of Man. British Geological Survey Research Report, RR/10/03. 343pp. |
Belshaw, R K, Hackney, G D, and Smith, K A. 2005. The evolution of the drainage pattern of the English Midlands from the Late Tertiary to the Early Pleistocene: the significance of the Milton Formation. Quaternary Newsletter, No. 105, 16–31. |
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
none recorded or not applicable |