The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details
Fladen Member
| Computer Code: | WGDF | Preferred Map Code: | notEntered |
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| Status Code: | Pending Upgrade | ||
| Age range: | Pleistocene Epoch (QP) — Pleistocene Epoch (QP) | ||
| Lithological Description: | Moderately sorted sandy mud, intermediate-high plasticity, sporadic dropstones and rare shell fragments. | ||
| Definition of Lower Boundary: | Underlain unconformably by an ice-scorned surface of Swatchway, Coal Pit and Fisher Formation. | ||
| Definition of Upper Boundary: | Overlain conformably by Witch Member of Witch Ground Formation. | ||
| Thickness: | 10 metres. Lateral variations up to 15 metres. | ||
| Geographical Limits: | Not defined. | ||
| Parent Unit: | Witch Ground Formation (WGD) | ||
| Previous Name(s): | Lower Witch Ground Deposits
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Fladen Deposits [Obsolete Name and Code: Use WGDF] (-4396) |
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| Alternative Name(s): | none recorded or not applicable | ||
| Stratotypes: | |||
| none recorded or not applicable | |||
| Reference(s): | |||
| Holmes, R. 1977. Quaternary deposits of the central North Sea 5. The Quaternary geology of the UK sector of the North Sea between 56° and 58° N. Report of the Institute of Geological Sciences, No. 77/14. | |||
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: | |||
| none recorded or not applicable | |||