The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details
Burn of Benholm Peat Bed
| Computer Code: | BBP | Preferred Map Code: | BP |
|---|---|---|---|
| Status Code: | Full | ||
| Age range: | Devensian Stage (QD) — Devensian Stage (QD) | ||
| Lithological Description: | Silty peat and organic silt, as lenses and rafts preserved between red-brown till and grey shelly clay. | ||
| Definition of Lower Boundary: | Tectonic contact with grey shelly clay of Benholm Clay Formation. | ||
| Definition of Upper Boundary: | Tectonic contact with Mill of Forest Till Formation. | ||
| Thickness: | 0.15 m. | ||
| Geographical Limits: | NO 7943 6914 to NO 7943 6915. Burn of Benholm site. | ||
| Parent Unit: | Moy Burn Palaeosol Formation (MBP) | ||
| Previous Name(s): | Burn of Benholm Peat [Obsolete Name and Code: Use BBP]
(-4443)
Burn of Benholm Peat Member [Obsolete Name and Code: Use BBP] (-2579) |
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| Alternative Name(s): | none recorded or not applicable | ||
| Stratotypes: | |||
| Reference Section | Stream section of Burn of Benholm; locality F of Campbell (1934). | ||
| Type Section | British Geological Survey Trial Pit (BBP4). British Geological Survey Registered No. NO76NE/4 - Burn of Benholm area. | ||
| Reference(s): | |||
| Auton, C A, Gordon, J E, Merritt, J W, and Walker, M J C. 2000. The glacial and interstadial sediments at the Burn of Benholm, Kincardineshire: evidence for onshore pre-Devensian ice movement in northeast Scotland. Journal of Quaternary Science. Vol. 15, 141-156. | |||
| Campbell, R, 1934. On the occurrence of Shelly Boulder Clay and interglacial deposits in Kincardineshire. Transactions of the Edinburgh Geological Society, Vol.13, 176-183. | |||
| Merritt, J W, Auton, C A, Connell, E R, Hall, A M and Peacock, J D. 2003. The Cainozoic geology and landscape evolution of north-east Scotland. Memoir of the British Geological Survey, Sheets 66E, 67, 76E, 77, 86E, 87W, 87E, 95, 96W, 96E and 97 (Scotland) | |||
| Donner, J J. 1960. Pollen analysis of the Burn of Benholm peat-bed, Kincardineshire, Scotland. Societas Scientarum Fennica, Commentationes Biologicae, Vol.22, 1-13. | |||
| Donner, J J. 1979. The Early or Middle Devensian peat at Burn of Benholm, Kincardineshire. Scottish Journal of Geology, Vol.15, 247-250. | |||
| McMillan, A A, Hamblin, R J O, and Merritt, J W. 2011. A lithostratigraphical framework for onshore Quaternary and Neogene (Tertiary) superficial deposits of Great Britain and the Isle of Man. British Geological Survey Research Report, RR/10/03. 343pp. | |||
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: | |||
| S067 | |||