The information on this page is a summary description.
The full formal description is available here: Vlaanderen Formation
Abbreviation
Vl
Parent unit
Child units
Lithological description
Coarse tidal channel sand, fine wadden sand and tidal flat clay with peat horizons building finally up to 2m above MSL, due to transgression of post-glacial sea level rise. The major Pervijze peat Bed allows distinction of two Members.
Age
Holocene from Boreal to the present, on pollen evidence, type of Flandrian stage
Thickness
Area of occurrence
Flanders coastal plain in Belgium.
Type locality
Flanders coastal plane in France and Belgium.
Alternative names
Authors
Gullentops, F., Bogemans, F., De Moor, G., Paulissen, E. & Pissart, A.
Date
01/01/2001
Cite as
Gullentops, F., Bogemans, F., De Moor, G., Paulissen, E. & Pissart, A., 2001. The Vlaanderen Formation, 01/01/2001. National Commission for Stratigraphy Belgium. http://ncs.naturalsciences.be/lithostratigraphy/Vlaanderen-Formation
