Hull Geological Society
Mike Horne FGS
This is unfinished work that has not been edited or peer reviewed by the Society.
The Geochemistry of the Holderness Tills and some others
List of new samples (note the original samples were lost in the Hull Flood of 25th June 2007)
Till Geochemistry
List of samples
ALD2005-5 - red laminated clay,
Aldbrough TA260392
BOYLAN - "Bridlington Crag -
spare stock". From "Boylan's Locality collected 3 November 1964 by R C Whatley".
(sample from Lewis Penny Collection, Department of Geography, University of Hull
, with permission of Martyn Pedley)
BT SEW - Basement Till from
Sewerby "Basement Till- foreshore opposite Grand Pavilion, Bridlington. Catt and
Penny PYGS 1966. p360". (sample from Lewis Penny Collection, Department of
Geography, University of Hull , with permission of Martyn Pedley)
DDBC - boulder clay, Danes Dyke
2007 [Skipsea Till]
DDVARV - layered silt, Danes
Dyke 9/07
DIM71 - dull grey Till with few
erratics, some chalk and shells, Dimlington cliff exposure TA3976 2077 [Basement
Till]
DIM72 - base of Till overlying
DIM71, Dimlington cliff exposure TA3976 2077
DIM73 - brown Till 1 m above
DIM72, Dimlington cliff exposure TA3976 2077
DIM74 - slump soft red Till
overlying DIM73, Dimlington cliff exposure TA3976 2077
DIM75 - shelly Till from beach
exposure Dimlington TA39822084 [Basement Till]
DIM77 - laminated clays from
cliff Dimlington TA39282140 [Dimlington Silts]
DIM78 - rippled silt from cliff
Dimlington TA39282140
1DM - hard brown till,
Dimlington cliff TA39762072
2DM - softer friable till, 2m
above 1DM, Dimlington cliff TA39762072
3DM - Till above 2DM,
Dimlington cliff TA39762072
EAS081 - sample of orange sandy
raft, Easington, TA30691891
EAS083 - Layered silt,
Easington, TA40651904
EAS084 - raft of red clay at
base of beach, Easington, TA40611910
FILEYBC1 - Filey Brigg,
collected Nina Scott, November 2008. [Skipsea Till]
HAPP - Till from Happisburgh,
Norfolk. TG383311
KEYDEEP - bottom of deep hole,
Keyingham (old) Gravel Pit [Basement Till]
KEYLOW (KEY1) - lower grey
Till, Keyingham (new) Gravel Pit [?Basement Till]
KEYTOP - top of deep hole,
Keyingham (old) Gravel Pit
KEYSHELL - shelly alluvium.
Keyingham (old) Gravel Pit
KEYUPP (KEY2) - upper red Till,
Keyingham (new) Gravel Pit [Withernsea Till]
KEYALU (KEY3) - Alluvium,
Keyingham (new) Gravel Pit. [post glacial]
MAP2008-1 - Red Streak,
Mappleton. TA2299843456
OS1 - red streak, Osgodby Point
TA0649285343
OS2 - grey streak, Osgodby
Point TA0649285343
OS3 - boulder clay above OS1&2,
Osgodby Point TA0649285343 [Skipsea Till]
PENNY - "Basement Till,
Dimlington. (sample from Lewis Penny Collection, Department of Geography,
University of Hull , with permission of Martyn Pedley)
SEW1007 - Boulder clay, from
fallen mass between Steps and buried cliff, Sewerby. 26/10/07 [Skipsea Till]
SEW1007-2 - layered silt from
hollow above chalk wash; Sewerby
SEW1007-3 - chalk wash;
Sewerby.
SEW1007S - layered silt,
Sewerby
SEW1007T - Till, Sewerby
[Skipsea Till]
SHER0609 - grey clay in the
Till on beach lying on Chalk, Sherringham, Norfolk TG1730843424
SKIPTILL - Skipsea Till,
Skipsea Withow.
SKIPWITH - lake bed sediment,
Skipsea Withow.
SLBC308 - boulder clay, South
Landing, 3/08, TA2320469294 [Skipsea Till]
SL308 - silt over calcrete,
South Landing, TA2303562208
SPELO - lower Till, Speeton
(Reighton Gap) [Skipsea Till]
SPEHI - higher Till, Speeton
(Reighton Gap) [Skipsea Till].
SPEEQ1#3 - brown silt above
middle of Speeton Shell Bed TA14717182 July 2005
SPEEQ1#5 - Boulder clay above
Speeton Shell Bed TA14717182 July 2005 [Skipsea Till]
SSBC907 - till, Sewerby Steps
[Skipsea Till]
UL0902 - buff clay streak in
Boulder Clay, Ulrome TA174575
2008WITH - Withernsea Till,
Withernsea. TA3511843456
WITHGREY - raft of grey clay,
Withernsea. TA35092677
WITHRED - raft of red clay,
Withernsea. TA35092677
WITHWEATH - weathered Till,
Withernsea. TA35092677
WLW1 - "Welton Till",
Welton-le-Wold, Lincolnshire. [? equivalent of Basement Till]
WLW2 - laminated clays above
"Welton Till", Welton-le-Wold, Lincolnshire.
WLW3 - "Calcethorpe Till",
Welton-le-Wold, Lincolnshire.
WLW6 - brown silts within
"Marsh Till", Welton-le-Wold, Lincolnshire.
WLW7 - "Marsh Till",
Welton-le-Wold, Lincolnshire. [equivalent of Skipsea Till]
WLW8 - laminated clay below
"Marsh Till", Welton-le-Wold, Lincolnshire.
WRBC - Boulder Clay, West
Runton, Norfolk. TG18674305
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