| Computer Code: |
QUIP |
Preferred Map Code: |
notEntered |
| Status Code: |
Full |
| Age range: |
Hoxnian Stage (QX)
— Hoxnian Stage (QX) |
| Lithological Description: |
Peat, organic sand, silt and humic clay with root traces and drifted wood. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Overlies Nurseries Glacigenic Formation (Albion Glacigenic Group) at Quinton and Nechells. |
| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Overlain by Ridgacre Formation (Albion Glacigenic Group) at Quinton and Nechells. |
| Thickness: |
Up to 15m. |
| Geographical Limits: |
Quinton and Nechells districts of Birmingham. |
| Parent Unit: |
Britannia Catchments Group (BCAT)
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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 |
Quinton near Birmingham. Horton 1974, 1989 |
| Reference(s): |
| Duigan, S L. 1956. Pollen analysis of the Nechells interglacial deposits, Birmingham. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London, Vol.112, 373-391. |
| Horton, A. 1974. The sequence of Pleistocene deposits proved during the construction of the Birmingham motorways. Report of the Institute of Geological Sciences, No.74/22. (London:HMSO). |
| Shotton, F W and Osbourne, P J. 1965. The fauna of the Hoxnian interglacial deposits of Nechells, Birmingham. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Vol. B248, 353-378. |
| Kelly, M R. 1964. The Middle Pleistocene of North Birmingham. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Vol.B247, 533-592. |
| Horton, A. 1989. Quinton. 69-76 in Keen, D H (editor), The Pleistocene of the West Midlands. Field Guide. [Cambridge: Quaternary Research Association.] |
| Powell, J H, Glover, B W and Waters, C N. 2000. Geology of the Birmingham area. Memoir of British Geological Survey Sheet 168 (England and Wales). |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
| none recorded or not applicable |
