The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

Brays Silts Formation

Computer Code: BRSI Preferred Map Code: notEntered
Status Code: Pending Upgrade
Age range: Pleistocene Epoch (QP) — Pleistocene Epoch (QP)
Lithological Description: Greenish grey organic silts rich in an interglacial flora and fauna.
Definition of Lower Boundary: Base of palaeochannel cut in bedrock.
Definition of Upper Boundary: Erosion surface overlain by Mathon Sand and Gravel.
Thickness: Up to c.1 metre.
Geographical Limits: The Brays sand and gravel pit, near Mathon, Hereford and Worcester.
Parent Unit: Not Entered (?)
Previous Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Alternative Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Stratotypes:
Type Area  (Ephemeral exposures). The Brays sand and gravel pit, near Mathon, Hereford and Worcester. 
Reference(s):
Barclay, W J, Ambrose K, Chadwick, R A, and Pharaoh, T C. 1997. Geology of the country around Worcester. Memoir of the British Geological Survey, Sheet 199 (England and Wales). 
Brandon, A. Not yet published. Interglacial deposits beneath the Mathon Sand and Gravel, west of the Malvern Hills. 
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used:
none recorded or not applicable