The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

Raised marine deposits of Holocene age, 2

Computer Code: RMDF2 Preferred Map Code: notEntered
Status Code: Full
Age range: Holocene Epoch (QH) — Holocene Epoch (QH)
Lithological Description: See RMDF Raised marine deposits of Holocene age. Raised marine deposits of Holocene age, 2 is older than Raised marine deposits of Holocene age, 1 in the same map area. Mainly sand and gravel underlying shelving raised shoreface (beach) features, but commonly passing landwards, and downwards, into interbedded sand,silt, clay and organic mud underlying flat-lying ground.
Definition of Lower Boundary: Mainly uncomformable on till or bedrock.
Definition of Upper Boundary: Ground surface.
Thickness: Up to 25 m thick.
Geographical Limits: Northern England and Scotland.
Parent Unit: Raised marine deposits of Holocene age (RMDF)
Previous Name(s): Raised marine deposits of Flandrian age, 2 [Obsolete Name and Code: Use RMDF2] (-5251)
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