The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

Borrowash Sand and Gravel Member

Computer Code: BOSG Preferred Map Code: symb
Status Code: Pending Upgrade
Age range: Wolstonian Stage (QO) — Wolstonian Stage (QO)
Lithological Description: Sand and gravel with minor clay and silt lenses.
Definition of Lower Boundary: The bedrock surface - commonly cryogenically involuted; other deposits may intervene.
Definition of Upper Boundary: Top of sand and gravel, commonly corresponding to terrace surface; commonly overlain by head that is involuted with sand and gravel to varying degrees.
Thickness: To 4.5m
Geographical Limits: Derwent Valley.
Parent Unit: Trent Valley Formation (TRVA)
Previous Name(s): Lower Hilton Terrace [Obsolete Name and Code: Use BOSG, EGSG] (-4486)
Alternative Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Stratotypes:
none recorded or not applicable
Reference(s):
Brandon, A. 1996. Geology of the Lower Derwent Valley: 1:10 000 Sheets SK33SE, SK43SW and SK43SE. British Geological Survey Technical Report WA/96/07. 
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used:
E141