Computer Code: |
WSI |
Preferred Map Code: |
notEntered |
Status Code: |
Pending Upgrade |
Age range: |
Anglian Stage (QA)
— Anglian Stage (QA) |
Lithological Description: |
Laminated reddish brown clays, silts and fine-grained sands. |
Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Placed at junction of laminated clays and silts and the underlying Mathon Sand and Gravel. |
Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Placed at erosion surface that truncates the beds and which is overlain by Coddington Till or Cradley Silts. |
Thickness: |
Up to c.23 metres proved. |
Geographical Limits: |
Cradley Valley between Mathon and Eastnor and Glynch Brook Valley, Hereford and Worcester. |
Parent Unit: |
Not Entered (?)
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Previous Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
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Alternative Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
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Stratotypes: |
Type Area |
Vicinity of White House Farm, Cradley Valley. |
Reference Section |
Lower Mitchell Farm Borehole. Hey, 1959. |
Reference(s): |
Barclay, W J, Brandon, A, Ellison, R A and Moorlock, B S P. 1992. A Middle Pleistocene palaeovalley-fill west of the Malvern Hills. Journal of the Geological Society of London, Vol. 149, 75-92. |
Hey, R W, 1959. Pleistocene deposits on the west side of the Malvern Hills. Geological Magazine, Vol.96, p.403-417. |
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
none recorded or not applicable |