0
2
Qhe
SAND
SILT
Sand, silty, loose, very fine-medium grained, brown-yellow/brown.
Strat Unit Name
Holocene aeolian sediments
Strat Unit Description
Undifferentiated Holocene aeolian sediments.
GIS Code
H---e
2
14
Qpah
CLAY (SEDIMENTARY)
SILT
Clay, silty & sandy in part, brown-red/brown, minor yellow/brown.
Strat Unit Name
Hindmarsh Clay
Strat Unit Description
Consolidated mottled clay and sandy clay with sand and gravel lenses, aeolian sand, gypseous and pelletal clay dunes and calcareous palaeosols. Alluvial and colluvial red-brown sandy clay with sand and gravel beds.
GIS Code
I---ah
14
20
? Qpac
CLAY (SEDIMENTARY)
SILT
Clay, silty in part, yellow-white-red/brown, minor indurated siltstone & very fine grained sandstone.
Strat Unit Name
Carisbrooke Sand
Strat Unit Description
Sand, multicoloured, unfossiliferous, clayey. Pebbly at base.
GIS Code
I---ac
20
54
Teor
SAND
SILT
Sand, silty & clayey, white-yellow-grey-red/brown, very fine-fine grained, minor indurated very fine sandstone.
Strat Unit Name
Rogue Formation
Strat Unit Description
Sand, quartz; sandstone; siliceous sandstone; siliceous and sandy limestone; mudstone, and clay. Marine to marginal marine.
GIS Code
eo---r
54
116
Teoc
SAND
COAL
Sand, fine grained, grey-dark grey-black, carbonaceous, lignitic in part, few thick coal beds including 12.65m coal from 63m.
Strat Unit Name
Clinton Formation
Strat Unit Description
Brown coal, carbonaceous clay, silt and sand.
GIS Code
eo---c
116
120.7
N
CLAY (REGOLITH)
Clay, white-brown-blue/white, weathered basement, few fragments of quartz & weathered slate.
Strat Unit Name
Neoproterozoic rocks
Strat Unit Description
Undifferentiated Neoproterozoic rocks.
GIS Code
N-