The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

New Inn Sand And Gravel Member And Ailstone Sand And Gravel Member (Undifferentiated) (Warwickshire Avon)

Computer Code: NIAT Preferred Map Code: notEntered
Status Code: Index Level
Age range: Pleistocene Epoch (QP) — Pleistocene Epoch (QP)
Lithological Description: Sand and gravel: New Inn Terrace Deposits: gravel includes 'Bunter' type clasts, and mammalian bones; Ailstone Terrace Deposits: glacial and interglacial features and fossiliferous; third and fourth terraces of the River Avon; part of the Avon Valley Formation. [Generic description: academic papers and BGS Memoirs].
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: Warwickshire Avon Valley Formation (AVON)
Previous Name(s): New Inn Member and Ailstone Member (Undifferentiated) (Warwickshire Avon) [Obsolete Name and Code: Use NIAT] (-3580)
Alternative Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Stratotypes:
none recorded or not applicable
Reference(s):
none recorded or not applicable
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used:
none recorded or not applicable