| Computer Code: |
TSLSI |
Preferred Map Code: |
notEntered |
| Status Code: |
Full |
| Age range: |
Hoxnian Stage (QX)
— Hoxnian Stage (QX) |
| Lithological Description: |
A heterogeneous, fossiliferous sequence of silt, clay, sand, clayey sand, gravel and organic-rich horizons. Strong iron and manganese staining along some horizons. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Unconformable on sand and gravel of the Seisdon Sand and Gravel Formation. |
| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Either the ground surface or underlies till of the Stockport Glacigenic Formation. |
| Thickness: |
2.8 to 5m |
| Geographical Limits: |
Narrow, linear belt between Seisdon and Trysull, Staffordshire. |
| Parent Unit: |
Britannia Catchments Group (BCAT)
|
| Previous Name(s): |
Trysull Member [Obsolete Name and Code: Use TSLSI]
(-4376)
|
| Alternative Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
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| Stratotypes: |
| Type Section |
Former quarries at Lowe's Pit and Cooper's Pit, Staffordshire. Morgan, A V. 1973. |
| Reference(s): |
| Worsley, P. 1999. Cheshire, Shropshire and Staffordshire Lowlands. 32-34 in Bowen, D Q (Editor), A revised correlation of Quaternary deposits in the British Isles. Geological Society Special Report, No.23. |
| 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. |
| Morgan, A V. 1973. The Pleistocene geology of the area north and west of Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B, Vol.265, 233-297. |
| Maddy, D. 1999. English Midlands Chapter 3 in Bowen, D Q (Editor), A revised correlation of the Quaternary deposits in the British Isles. Geological Society Special Report, No.23. |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
| none recorded or not applicable |
