The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

Taw River Terrace Deposits, 8 Member

Computer Code: TAW8 Preferred Map Code: notEntered
Status Code: Full
Age range: Late Pleistocene (QPL) — Late Pleistocene (QPL)
Lithological Description: Stony, sandy, silty, clay.
Definition of Lower Boundary: Unconformable on bedrock shales and sandstones of Carboniferous age.
Definition of Upper Boundary: Surface.
Thickness: Unknown, probably less than 5 m.
Geographical Limits: Valleys of the River Taw and tributaries between Sticklespath and South Zeal to Taw Green northern Dartmoor, Devon.
Parent Unit: Taw Valley Formation (TAW)
Previous Name(s): Shown as Terrace 4 on Okehampton Sheet (324) [Obsolete Name and Code: Use TAW8] (-4916)
River Terrace Deposits, 8 (Taw) [Obsolete Name and Code: Use TAW8] (-3072)
Alternative Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Stratotypes:
Type Area  Taw Valley between Sticklespath and South Zeal to Taw Green. Edmonds et al., 1968. 
Reference(s):
Freshney, E C, Beer, K E and Wright, J E. 1979. Geology of the country around Chumleigh. Memoir of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, Sheet 309 (England and Wales). 
Edmonds, E A, Wright, J E, Beer, K E, Hawkes, J R, Fenning, P J, Freshney, E C, Lovelock, P E R, McKeown, M C, Ramsbottom, W H C and Williams, M. 1968. Geology of the country around Okehampton. Memoir of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, Sheet 324 (England and Wales). 
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used:
E309 E324