Category

LithoCretaceous

Beusdal Member

The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Beusdal Member Abbreviation Parent unit Vaals Formation Child units Lithological description Age Thickness Area of occurrence Type locality Alternative names Authors Robaszynski, F., Dhondt, A.V. & Jagt, J.W.M. Date 01/01/2001 Cite as Robaszynski, F., Dhondt, A.V. & Jagt, J.W.M.,...

Nekum Member

The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Nekum Member Abbreviation Parent unit Maastricht Formation Child units Lithological description Poorly indurated, white yellowish, coarse-grained, homogeneous “chalk”, in its lower part with few randomly distributed greyish brown flint nodules. Locally with coarse-grained fossil hash lenses and beds. Age...

Terstraten Member

The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Terstraten Member Abbreviation Parent unit Vaals Formation Child units Lithological description Age Thickness Area of occurrence Type locality Alternative names Authors Robaszynski, F., Dhondt, A.V. & Jagt, J.W.M. Date 01/01/2001 Cite as Robaszynski, F., Dhondt, A.V. & Jagt, J.W.M.,...

Meerssen Member

The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Meerssen Member Abbreviation Parent unit Maastricht Formation Child units Lithological description Poorly indurated white yellowish, coarse- to very coarse-grained “chalk” with clearly developed hardgrounds and fossil hash layers and omission surfaces. Age Thickness Between about 15 and 20 m...

Benzenrade Member

The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Benzenrade Member Abbreviation Parent unit Vaals Formation Child units Lithological description Age Thickness Area of occurrence Type locality Alternative names Authors Robaszynski, F., Dhondt, A.V. & Jagt, J.W.M. Date 01/01/2001 Cite as Robaszynski, F., Dhondt, A.V. & Jagt, J.W.M.,...

Lonzée Member

The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Lonzée Member Abbreviation LON Parent unit Chalk group Child units Lithological description From bottom to top: – basal grey to green clay-silt, overlying Silurian bedrock, with many moulds of bivalves and gastropods; – grey-green glauconitic clay-silt, with planar bedding;...

Dorne Formation

The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Dorne Formation Abbreviation Parent unit Chalk group Child units Lithological description Lithological description in the type section (borehole KS22): 411-418 m: Light-grey chalk with dark laminae; lithified and/or silicified bands with thicknesses 10 to 20 cm. Moldic porosity associated...

Folx-les-Caves Member

The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Folx-les-Caves Member Abbreviation FOX Parent unit Chalk group Child units Lithological description From bottom to top, the Cretaceous strata at Folx-les-Caves comprise: – arenaceous facies of the white chalk (“craie arénacée”); – conglomerate, with pebble bed; pebbles consist of...

Kunrade Formation

The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Kunrade Formation Abbreviation Parent unit Chalk group Child units Lithological description The Kunrade limestone consists of an alternation between compact and soft limestone beds, of unequal distribution through the formation. In the outcrop area the hard beds are affected...

Jauche Member

The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Jauche Member Abbreviation JAU Parent unit Chalk group Child units Lithological description From bottom to top the Cretaceous strata at Orp-Jauche comprise: – sands and sandy marls at the base of the white chalks; – calcarenitic or sandy facies...
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