The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details
Cockerel Gravel Member
Computer Code: | COCKG | Preferred Map Code: | notEntered |
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Status Code: | Full | ||
Age range: | Pleistocene Epoch (QP) — Pleistocene Epoch (QP) | ||
Lithological Description: | Clayey to very clayey sandy gravel. | ||
Definition of Lower Boundary: | Erosional on bedrock. | ||
Definition of Upper Boundary: | Present land surface. | ||
Thickness: | The member is between 2 and 5m. | ||
Geographical Limits: | Forms a terrace on the southern side of the Eastern Yar Valley between Newchurch [SZ 560 854] and Winford [SZ 566 845], southeast Isle of Wight | ||
Parent Unit: | Eastern Yar River Formation (EYAR) | ||
Previous Name(s): | Gravel Terraces
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Plateau Gravel (PLG) |
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Alternative Name(s): | none recorded or not applicable | ||
Stratotypes: | |||
Type Area | Three outcrops in the vicinity of Newchurch, Queen's Bower (Winford) and Branstone, Isle of Wight | ||
Reference(s): | |||
White, H J O. 1921. A short account of the geology of the Isle of Wight. Memoir of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, (1994 reprint). | |||
British Geological Survey. 2013. Isle of Wight. England and Wales Special Sheet incorporating parts of sheets 330,331,344,345. Bedrock and Superficial Deposits. 1:50 000. (Keyworth, Nottingham: British Geological Survey.) | |||
Hopson, P M, and Farrant A R. 2014. Geology of the Isle of Wight - a brief explanation of the Isle of Wight Special Geological Map Sheet. Sheet Explanation of the British Geological Survey. Parts of 1:50 0000 Sheets 330 (Lymington), 331 (Portsmouth), 344 (Chale) and 345 (Ventnor) (England and Wales) | |||
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: | |||
none recorded or not applicable |