The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

Beeston Regis Formation [Obsolete: use SMCL]

Computer Code: BERE Preferred Map Code: notEntered
Status Code: Full
Age range: Beestonian Stage (QB) — Beestonian Stage (QB)
Lithological Description: [Obsolete: use SMCL] Diamicton, comprising massive silty clayey sand with scattered pebbles of flint, sandstone, etc. containing rafts of chalk and bodies of "marly drift" (reconstituted chalk), interbedded with sands and laminated clays. (Age OIS 10 or 12).
Definition of Lower Boundary: Rests upon the Lowestoft Formation.
Definition of Upper Boundary: Overlain by the Overstrand Formation.
Thickness: About 50m thick.
Geographical Limits: North-east Norfolk, possibly extending into north-east Suffolk.
Parent Unit: none recorded or not applicable
Previous Name(s): North Sea Drift Formation (Part Of) (-687)
Alternative Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Stratotypes:
Type Section  Coastal cliff section by Trimingham village, shows Trimingham Sand and Clay Member overlying Bacton Green Till Member. 
Reference(s):
Lunkka, J P. 1994. Sedimentation and lithostratigraphy of the North Sea Drift and Lowestoft Till Formations in the coastal cliffs of northeast Norfolk, England. Journal of Quaternary Science, Vol. 9, 203-233. 
Banham, P H. 1988. Polyphase glaciotectonic deformation in the Contorted Drift of Norfolk. pp27-32 in Croot, D G (Editor). Glaciotectonics: Forms and Processes. ( Rotterdam: Balkema.) 
Hart, J K and Boulton, G S. 1991. The glacial drifts of Norfolk. 233-243 in Ehlers, J, Gibbard, P L and Rose, J (editors), Glacial Deposits of Britain and Ireland. (Rotterdam, Balkema.) 
Reid, C. 1882. The geology of the country around Cromer. Memoir of the Geological Survey of Great Britain. 
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. 
Bowen, D Q. 1999. A revised correlation of 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