| Computer Code: |
STAU |
Preferred Map Code: |
symb |
| Status Code: |
Full |
| Age range: |
Devensian Stage (QD)
— Devensian Stage (QD) |
| Lithological Description: |
Sand and gravel, or pebbly, sandy, clayey silt, with pebbles of quartz, quartzite, granite and limestone. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Generally interpreted as where fluvial deposits rest on bedrock or older superficial deposits. |
| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
The upper surface of the present day river terrace. |
| Thickness: |
Variable, up to 5 m. |
| Geographical Limits: |
The River Leadon and tributary valleys including Glynch Brook, Gloucestershire and Worcestershire. |
| Parent Unit: |
Glynch Valley Formation (GLVA)
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| Previous Name(s): |
Third (Main) Terrace of the Severn [Obsolete Name and Code: Use STAU]
(-3050)
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| Alternative Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
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| Stratotypes: |
| Type Area |
The Staunton area of the Glynch Brook Valley. The Staunton Member is correlated with the Holt Heath Member (formerly Third (Main) Terrace deposits) of the Severn Valley Formation (Maddy, 1999). |
| Reference(s): |
| Maddy, D. 1999. English Midlands Chapter 3 in Bowen, D Q (Editor), A revised correlation of the Quaternary deposits in the British Isles. Geological Society Special Report, No.23. |
| Worssam, B C, Ellison, R A and Moorlock, B S P. 1989. Geology of the country around Tewkesbury. Memoir of the British Geological Survey, Sheet 216 (England and Wales). |
| 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 |
