Albion Glacigenic Group
The Albion Glacigenic Group is a Quaternary lithostratigraphic group present in those parts of Great Britain which lie north of the southern limit of Anglian glaciation, but south of the Devensian glacial limit, and also includes deposits in the Isle of Man and offshore areas. It consists of a wide range of unconsolidated superficial deposits including till, sands, gravels, silts and clay of glacial, glaciofluvial, glaciolacustrine and glaciomarine origin. Its upper boundary is the present day ground surface or unconformable contact with units of the Caledonia Glacigenic Group, the Britannia Catchments Group or the British Coastal Deposits Group. It was previously known as the South Britain Glacigenic Group or Older Drift
The following subgroups are defined by geographical areas of Great Britain:
- Shetland Glacigenic Subgroup
- Western Isles Glacigenic Subgroup
- Northwest Highlands Glacigenic Subgroup
- Banffshire Coast and Caithness Glacigenic Subgroup
- Inverness Glacigenic Subgroup
- East Grampian Glacigenic Subgroup
- Logie-Buchan Glacigenic Subgroup
- Central Grampian Glacigenic Subgroup
- Mearns Glacigenic Subgroup
- Midland Valley Glacigenic Subgroup
- Borders Glacigenic Subgroup
- Southern Uplands Glacigenic Subgroup
- Irish Sea Coast Glacigenic Subgroup
- Manx Glacigenic Subgroup
- Central Cumbria Glacigenic Subgroup
- North Pennine Glacigenic Subgroup
- North Sea Coast Glacigenic Subgroup
- Wales Glacigenic Subgroup