The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details
Sutton Sand Formation
Computer Code: | SUTN | Preferred Map Code: | notEntered |
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Status Code: | Full | ||
Age range: | Devensian Stage (QD) — Holocene Epoch (QH) | ||
Lithological Description: | Fine-grained silty sand. | ||
Definition of Lower Boundary: | Unconformable on older superficial deposits, mainly Devensian glacial lake deposits (eg, Alne Formation at type locality) and glacial till or underlying bedrock. | ||
Definition of Upper Boundary: | Present land surface. | ||
Thickness: | To about 7m | ||
Geographical Limits: | Vale of York from near Hutton Sessay [448707 475623], to Sutton-on-the-Forest, southwards into the area east of Doncaster and in Lincolnshire to the west of Scunthorpe [Gaunt, 1994]. | ||
Parent Unit: | Yorkshire Catchments Subgroup (YKC) | ||
Previous Name(s): | Sutton Formation [Obsolete Name and Code: Use SUTN]
(-4909)
Sutton Blown Sand Formation [Obsolete Name and Code: Use SUTN] (-1210) Blown sand (BSA) |
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Alternative Name(s): | none recorded or not applicable | ||
Stratotypes: | |||
Type Area | Sutton-on-the-Forest, auger holes in areas where sand forms slight elevated bodies. Matthews, 1970. | ||
Reference(s): | |||
Thomas, G S P. 1999. Northern England. 91-98 in Bowen, D Q (Editor), A revised correlation of Quaternary and Neogene deposits in the British Isles. Geological Society Special Report No.23. | |||
Gaunt, G D. 1994. Geology of the country around Goole, Doncaster and the Isle of Axholme. Memoir of the British Geological Survey, sheets 79 and 88 (England and Wales). | |||
Matthews, B. 1970. Age and origin of aeolian sand of the Vale of York. Nature, Vol.227, 1234-1236. | |||
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: | |||
E062 E063 E079 E080 E088 E052 |