The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

Dimlington Bed (Dimlington Silts)

Computer Code: DIMS Preferred Map Code: notEntered
Status Code: Index Level
Age range: Dimlington Stadial (QDD) — Dimlington Stadial (QDD)
Lithological Description: Sand and silt; laminated; thought to be water-lain (possibly lacustrine). Organic silts 14C dated to 18,500 +/- 400 and 18,240 +/- 250 (Penny et al., 1969). Late Devensian, Dimlington Stadial (MIS 2).
Definition of Lower Boundary: none recorded or not applicable
Definition of Upper Boundary: none recorded or not applicable
Thickness: none recorded or not applicable
Geographical Limits: none recorded or not applicable
Parent Unit: Holderness Formation (HOLD)
Previous Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Alternative Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Stratotypes:
none recorded or not applicable
Reference(s):
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. 
Penny, L F, Coope, G R, and Catt, J A. 1969. Age and insect fauna of the Dimlington Silts, East Yorkshire. Nature, Vol. 224, 65-67. 
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used:
none recorded or not applicable