| Computer Code: |
SE1 |
Preferred Map Code: |
notEntered |
| Status Code: |
Full |
| Age range: |
Holocene Epoch (QH)
— Holocene Epoch (QH) |
| Lithological Description: |
Grey pebbly sand (less than 3 m thick) on reddish brown, interbedded silty sand, silt and clay (less than 4 m thick), on reddish brown sand and gravel. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Sharp undulating, erosional contact on reddish brown, clayey, sandstone-rich diamicton of the Gretna Till Formation or bedrock. |
| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Ground surface, generally up to 3.5 m above the floodplain. |
| Thickness: |
Up to 7 m (see lithology description). |
| Geographical Limits: |
Valley of the River Esk. |
| Parent Unit: |
Solway Esk Valley Formation (SESKV)
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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: |
| none recorded or not applicable |
| Reference(s): |
| Dixon, E E L, Maden J, Trotter, F M, Hollingworth, M A and Tonks, L H. 1926. The geology of the Carlisle, Longtown and Silloth District. Memoir of the Geological Survey of England and Wales. |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
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E011
E017
S011
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