The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

Ouse Valley Formation

Computer Code: OUSE Preferred Map Code: notEntered
Status Code: Full
Age range: Mid Pleistocene (QPM) — Holocene Epoch (QH)
Lithological Description: Gravel with sand.
Definition of Lower Boundary: Unconformable on mid Pleistocene glacial deposits, and on bedrock.
Definition of Upper Boundary: Ground surface.
Thickness: Up to 8 m (Stoke Goldington Member).
Geographical Limits: The valley of the River Great Ouse in Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Norfolk.
Parent Unit: Ouse-Nene Catchments Subgroup (ONCA)
Previous Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Alternative Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
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. 
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used:
none recorded or not applicable