| Computer Code: |
TRIM |
Preferred Map Code: |
notEntered |
| Status Code: |
Index Level |
| Age range: |
Pleistocene Epoch (QP)
— Pleistocene Epoch (QP) |
| Lithological Description: |
[Obsolete: use TRIMC, TRIMS]
Laminated sands, silts and clays, overlain by sands with thin silt and gravel layers, horizontally bedded, with climbing ripple lamination and trough cross-bedding. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Rests upon the Bacton Green Member. |
| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Overlain by the Overstrand Formation. |
| Thickness: |
To about 43m |
| Geographical Limits: |
Around Trimingham, northeast Norfolk. |
| Parent Unit: |
none recorded or not applicable
|
| Previous Name(s): |
Trimingham Sand Member
(TRIMS)
|
| Alternative Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
|
| Stratotypes: |
| Type Section |
The coastal cliff section by Trimingham village shows the Trimingham Sand and Clay Member overlying the Bacton Green Till Member. |
| Reference(s): |
| Bowen, D Q. 1999. A revised correlation of Quaternary deposits in the British Isles. Geological Society Special Report, No. 23. |
| Lunkka, J P. 1994. Sedimentation and lithostratigraphy of the North Sea Drift and Lowestoft Till Formations in the coastal cliffs of northeast Norfolk, England. Journal of Quaternary Science, Vol. 9, 203-233. |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
| none recorded or not applicable |
