The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details
Torridge River Terrace Deposits, 9 Member
| Computer Code: | TOR9 | Preferred Map Code: | notEntered |
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| Status Code: | Full | ||
| Age range: | Pleistocene Epoch (QP) — Pleistocene Epoch (QP) | ||
| Lithological Description: | Predominantly clay, silt and gravel. | ||
| Definition of Lower Boundary: | Unconformable on Late Carboniferous shales and sandstones. | ||
| Definition of Upper Boundary: | Surface. | ||
| Thickness: | Unknown, probably less than 5 m. | ||
| Geographical Limits: | Valley of River Okement near Jacobstowe, Devon. | ||
| Parent Unit: | Torridge Valley Formation (TORR) | ||
| Previous Name(s): | Shown as Terrace 5 on published 1:50k Sheet 324 (Okehampton) [Obsolete Name and Code: Use TOR9]
(-3730)
River Terrace Deposits, 9 (Torridge) [Obsolete Name and Code: Use TOR9] (-2496) |
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| Alternative Name(s): | none recorded or not applicable | ||
| Stratotypes: | |||
| Type Area | Valley of River Okement, 1-2 km north of Jacobstowe. Edmonds et al., 1968. | ||
| Reference(s): | |||
| 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: | |||
| E324 | |||