The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

Older glacial deposits

Computer Code: OGD Preferred Map Code: notEntered
Status Code: Index Level
Age range: Anglian Stage (QA) — Anglian Stage (QA)
Lithological Description: Variable lithology. Heterogeneous glacial deposits lacking constructional form; older than 'Glacial Deposits' in the same map area. [Generic description: 'TMOS' Procedures].
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: Not Entered (?)
Previous Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Alternative Name(s): Coddington Till
Stratotypes:
none recorded or not applicable
Reference(s):
Pocock R W, Whitehead T H, Wedd C B and Robertson T. 1938. Shrewsbury District including the Hanwood Coalfield. Memoir of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, England and Wales. (London: H.M.S.O.). 
Mitchell, G H, Pocock, R W, and Taylor, J H. 1962. Geology of the country around Droitwich, Abberley and Kidderminster. Memoir of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, Sheet 182 (England and Wales). 
Cross, P and Hodgson, J M, 1975. New evidence for the glacial diversion of the River Teme near Ludlow, Salop. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, Vol.86, 313-331. 
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used:
E199