| Computer Code: |
MORS |
Preferred Map Code: |
notEntered |
| Status Code: |
Full |
| Age range: |
Ipswichian Stage (QI)
— Ipswichian Stage (QI) |
| Lithological Description: |
Interglacial raised beach deposits, gravel of rounded flint cobbles and pebbles overlying finely laminated mud. Pollen from the finely laminated mud suggests warm climate conditions. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Rests upon till of the Lowestoft Formation. |
| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Overlain by till of the Holderness Formation. |
| Thickness: |
c.2.3m |
| Geographical Limits: |
The coast of north Norfolk. |
| Parent Unit: |
British Coastal Deposits Group (COAS)
|
| Previous Name(s): |
Morston Member [Obsolete Name and Code: Use MORS]
(-3559)
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| Alternative Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
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| Stratotypes: |
| Type Section |
Raised beach at Morston. Gale et al., 1988. |
| Reference(s): |
| Gallois, R W. 1978. The Pleistocene history of West Norfolk. Bulletin of the Geological Society of Norfolk, Vol.30, 3-38. |
| Gale, S, Hoare, P G, Hunt, C O and Pye, K. 1988. The Middle and Upper Quaternary deposits at Morston, north Norfolk, UK. Geological Magazine, Vol.125, 521-533. |
| Lewis, S G. 1999. Eastern England. 10-27 in Bowen D Q (editor), A revised correlation of Quaternary deposits in the British Isles. Geological Society Special Report, 23. [London: Geological Society.] |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
|
E130
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