The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

Younger Head

Computer Code: YOHD Preferred Map Code: notEntered
Status Code: Index Level
Age range: Quaternary Period (Q) — Quaternary Period (Q)
Lithological Description: Red or brown silt and stony clay with cobbles of hard rock, eg. Carboniferous limestone or sandstone. Sand and gravel, locally with lenses of silt, clay or peat and organic material. Poorly sorted and poorly stratified deposits formed mostly by solifluction and/or hillwash and soil creep. Polymict deposit: comprises gravel, sand and clay depending on upslope source and distance from source. Younger than "Head" in the same map area. [Generic description].
Definition of Lower Boundary: none recorded or not applicable
Definition of Upper Boundary: none recorded or not applicable
Thickness: none recorded or not applicable
Geographical Limits: none recorded or not applicable
Parent Unit: Not Entered (?)
Previous Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Alternative Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Stratotypes:
none recorded or not applicable
Reference(s):
none recorded or not applicable
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used:
none recorded or not applicable