Residual Deposits Group Explained

Residual Deposits Group
Type:Group
Age:Palaeogene-Cromerian
Period:Cenozoic
Prilithology:remanié deposits
Region:England, Scotland
Underlies:Quaternary deposits
Thickness:2-
Extent:across Chalk outcrop (southern England), Buchan (northeast Scotland)

The Residual Deposits Group is a Palaeogene to Quaternary lithostratigraphic group (a sequence of rock strata or other definable geological units) present in those parts of southern and eastern England where the Chalk outcrops and in the Buchan district of northeast Scotland. In the former they consist of the 2mto10mm (07feetto30feetm) thick remanié deposit, Clay-with-Flints and in the latter the Buchan Gravels Formation which is up to 25m (82feet) thick.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units - Result Details .