| Computer Code: |
RAH |
Preferred Map Code: |
notEntered |
| Status Code: |
Pending Upgrade |
| Age range: |
Early Pleistocene (QPE)
— Mid Pleistocene (QPM) |
| Lithological Description: |
A terrace deposit of the Sudbury Formation in the Valley of the Upper Thames upstream of Oxford. Quartzose and quartz gravel in a clay matrix. Possibly equates with the Satwell Member of Hey (1986) downstream. |
| 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: |
Valley of the Upper Thames upstream of Oxford. |
| Parent Unit: |
Sudbury Formation (SBRY)
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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 |
Ramsden Heath [SP 345 158]. |
| 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. |
| Hey, R W. 1986. A re-examination of the Northern Drift of Oxfordshire. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, Vol.97, 291-302. |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
| none recorded or not applicable |
