The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details
Solway Catchments Subgroup
| Computer Code: | SYDR | Preferred Map Code: | SOL |
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| Status Code: | Full | ||
| Age range: | Devensian Stage (QD) — Holocene Epoch (QH) | ||
| Lithological Description: | Includes fluvial deposits (alluvium and river terrace deposits) of the entire catchment of the Solway Firth bordering the coast between Stranraer and St Bees Head (McMillan and Hamblin, 2000). A suite of fluvial and associated organic deposits that contain clasts derived from Palaeozoic rocks and glacigenic deposits cropping out in the catchment of the Solway Firth, including the Rivers Cree, Dee (Kirkcudbright), Nith, Annan, Esk, Eden. River terraces and floodplains. Late Devensian to Holocene (MIS 2-1). | ||
| Definition of Lower Boundary: | Generally an unconformable boundary with units of the Caledonia Glacigenic Group. | ||
| Definition of Upper Boundary: | Generally the ground surface, but units of this Subgroup interfinger locally with units of the British Coastal Deposits Group. | ||
| Thickness: | Up to 30 m. | ||
| Geographical Limits: | The catchment of the Solway Firth. | ||
| Parent Unit: | Britannia Catchments Group (BCAT) | ||
| Previous Name(s): | Solway Drift Group [Obsolete Name and Code: Use SYDR]
(-2467)
Holocene Deposits (Undifferentiated) (QHU) Postglacial deposits [Obsolete Name and Code] (-1216) |
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| Alternative Name(s): | none recorded or not applicable | ||
| Stratotypes: | |||
| none recorded or not applicable | |||
| Reference(s): | |||
| Merrit, J W and Auton, C A. 2000. An outline of the lithostratigraphy and depositional history of Quaternary deposits in the Sellafield district, west Cumbria. Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society, Vol.53, 129-154 | |||
| McMillan, A A, Hamblin, R J O and Merritt, J W. 2005. An overview of the lithostratigraphical framework for the Quarternary and Neogene deposits of Great Britain (onshore). British Geological Survey Research Report RR/04/04. | |||
| McMillan, A A and Hamblin, R J O, 2000. A mapping-related lithostratigraphical framework for the Quaternary of the UK, Quaternary Newsletter, 92, 21-34. | |||
| McMillan, A A. 2005. A provisional Quaternary and Neogene lithostratigraphical framework for Great Britain. (Netherlands: Journal of Geosciences), 84-2, 87-107. | |||
| 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 | |||