The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

Foulis Silt Formation

Computer Code: FOLS Preferred Map Code: notEntered
Status Code: Pending Upgrade
Age range: Holocene Epoch (QH) — Holocene Epoch (QH)
Lithological Description: Silt.
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: British Coastal Deposits Group (COAS)
Previous Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Alternative Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Stratotypes:
Type Area  Cromarty Firth [NH 51 61]. 
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. 
Peacock, J D, Graham, D K and Gregory, D M. 1980. Late and post-glacial marine environments in part of the inner Cromarty Firth. Report of the Institute of Geological Sciences, No. 80/7. 
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used:
none recorded or not applicable