| Computer Code: |
NEHE |
Preferred Map Code: |
notEntered |
| Status Code: |
Pending Upgrade |
| Age range: |
Pliocene Epoch (NP)
— Pliocene Epoch (NP) |
| Lithological Description: |
Comprises sand and gravel with marine fossils. |
| 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: |
Netley Heath, Surrey, at the western end of the North Downs [TQ 080 495]. |
| Parent Unit: |
Red Crag Formation (RCG)
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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 |
The deposits lie between 150 and 223 m above OD at Netley Heath, Surrey, at the western end of the North Downs [TQ 080 495] (Dines and Edmunds, 1929; Ellison et al., 2002). |
| Reference(s): |
| Dines, H G and Edmunds, F H. 1929. The Geology of the country around Aldershot and Guildford. Memoir of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, Sheet 285. [London: HMSO.] |
| Ellison, R A, Williamson, I T and Humpage, A J. 2002. Geology of the Guildford district - a brief explanation of the geological map. Sheet explanation of the British Geological Survey. 1:50 000 Sheet 285 Guildford (England and Wales). |
| Bowen, D Q. 1999. A revised correlation of Quaternary deposits in the British Isles. Geological Society Special Report, No. 23. |
| 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. |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
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E285
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