A provisional Quaternary and Neogene lithostratigraphical framework for Great Britain
This paper presents an overview of a provisional lithostratigraphical framework for the Quaternary and Neogene deposits of Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) (onshore). The objective is to provide a workable framework to aid future Quaternary mapping and research, and a stratigraphical sche...
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ftnerc:oai:nora.nerc.ac.uk:680 2024-06-09T07:46:50+00:00 A provisional Quaternary and Neogene lithostratigraphical framework for Great Britain McMillan, A.A. 2005 text http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/680/ https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/680/1/This%20paper%20presents%20an%20overview%20of%20a%20provisional%20lithostratigraphical%20framework%20for%20the%20Quaternary%20and%20Neogene%20deposits%20of%20Great%20Britain.pdf http://www.njgonline.nl/publish/issues/84-2/index.html en eng Netherlands Journal of Geosciences Foundation https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/680/1/This%20paper%20presents%20an%20overview%20of%20a%20provisional%20lithostratigraphical%20framework%20for%20the%20Quaternary%20and%20Neogene%20deposits%20of%20Great%20Britain.pdf McMillan, A.A. 2005 A provisional Quaternary and Neogene lithostratigraphical framework for Great Britain. Netherlands journal of geosciences (Geologie en Mijnbouw), 84 (2). 87-107. Earth Sciences Publication - Article PeerReviewed 2005 ftnerc 2024-05-15T08:39:04Z This paper presents an overview of a provisional lithostratigraphical framework for the Quaternary and Neogene deposits of Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) (onshore). The objective is to provide a workable framework to aid future Quaternary mapping and research, and a stratigraphical scheme capable of use in a wide variety of applications. Using the full hierarchy, a supergroup, group and subgroup lithostratigraphy, based upon the primary mapping unit, the formation, is proposed. It is recommended that some classes of lithogenetically-defined deposits which, at present cannot be accorded formational status, should be assigned informally to one of the proposed groups or subgroups. The framework distinguishes one superficial deposits supergroup within which seven groups are defined: i) Crag Group, marine deposits (Late Pliocene to Early Pleistocene); ii), Dunwich Group, fluvial deposits (pre-Anglian/pre-Elsterian); iii) Residual Deposits Group; iv) British Coastal Deposits Group, coastal and marine deposits (Anglian to Holocene); v) Britannia Catchments Group, fluvial, organic and mass movement deposits (Anglian to Holocene) within broadly defined catchment areas related to Late Devensian to present-day physiography; vi) Albion Glacigenic Group, glacigenic deposits (pre-Devensian/pre-Weichselian), and vii) Caledonia Glacigenic Group, glacigenic deposits (Devensian/Weichselian). North of the Devensian (Weichselian) ice-sheet limit, a series of glacigenic subgroups are defined geographically for the two glacigenic groups on the basis of mappable formations of till. The subgroups include associated formations of glaciofluvial and glaciolacustrine deposits. Consequently some of the glacigenic water-lain units may extend beyond the Devensian limit. Catchment subgroups of the Britannia Catchments Group are proposed for formations and lithogenetic units defined within broad present-day physiographic regions by major river drainage systems that have developed since Middle Pleistocene time. Lithostratigraphical ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Ice Sheet Natural Environment Research Council: NERC Open Research Archive Albion ENVELOPE(65.640,65.640,-70.288,-70.288) Britannia ENVELOPE(-62.681,-62.681,-64.718,-64.718) |
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This paper presents an overview of a provisional lithostratigraphical framework for the Quaternary and Neogene deposits of Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) (onshore). The objective is to provide a workable framework to aid future Quaternary mapping and research, and a stratigraphical scheme capable of use in a wide variety of applications. Using the full hierarchy, a supergroup, group and subgroup lithostratigraphy, based upon the primary mapping unit, the formation, is proposed. It is recommended that some classes of lithogenetically-defined deposits which, at present cannot be accorded formational status, should be assigned informally to one of the proposed groups or subgroups. The framework distinguishes one superficial deposits supergroup within which seven groups are defined: i) Crag Group, marine deposits (Late Pliocene to Early Pleistocene); ii), Dunwich Group, fluvial deposits (pre-Anglian/pre-Elsterian); iii) Residual Deposits Group; iv) British Coastal Deposits Group, coastal and marine deposits (Anglian to Holocene); v) Britannia Catchments Group, fluvial, organic and mass movement deposits (Anglian to Holocene) within broadly defined catchment areas related to Late Devensian to present-day physiography; vi) Albion Glacigenic Group, glacigenic deposits (pre-Devensian/pre-Weichselian), and vii) Caledonia Glacigenic Group, glacigenic deposits (Devensian/Weichselian). North of the Devensian (Weichselian) ice-sheet limit, a series of glacigenic subgroups are defined geographically for the two glacigenic groups on the basis of mappable formations of till. The subgroups include associated formations of glaciofluvial and glaciolacustrine deposits. Consequently some of the glacigenic water-lain units may extend beyond the Devensian limit. Catchment subgroups of the Britannia Catchments Group are proposed for formations and lithogenetic units defined within broad present-day physiographic regions by major river drainage systems that have developed since Middle Pleistocene time. Lithostratigraphical ... |
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A provisional Quaternary and Neogene lithostratigraphical framework for Great Britain |
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A provisional Quaternary and Neogene lithostratigraphical framework for Great Britain |
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A provisional Quaternary and Neogene lithostratigraphical framework for Great Britain |
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A provisional Quaternary and Neogene lithostratigraphical framework for Great Britain |
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A provisional Quaternary and Neogene lithostratigraphical framework for Great Britain |
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provisional quaternary and neogene lithostratigraphical framework for great britain |
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http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/680/ https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/680/1/This%20paper%20presents%20an%20overview%20of%20a%20provisional%20lithostratigraphical%20framework%20for%20the%20Quaternary%20and%20Neogene%20deposits%20of%20Great%20Britain.pdf http://www.njgonline.nl/publish/issues/84-2/index.html |
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