Computer Code: |
SXOU |
Preferred Map Code: |
notEntered |
Status Code: |
Pending Upgrade |
Age range: |
Mid Pleistocene (QPM)
— Holocene Epoch (QH) |
Lithological Description: |
Alluvium and river terrace deposits of the Sussex Ouse. There are four aggradations above the alluvium. |
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 Sussex River Ouse. |
Parent Unit: |
Sussex Catchments Subgroup (SXCAT)
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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): |
Gibbard, P L and Preece, R C. 1999. South and southeast England. 59-65 in Bowen, D Q (Editor), A revised correlation of Quaternary deposits in the British Isles. [London: The Geological Society.] |
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 |