Category

LithoCretaceous

Beutenaken Member

The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Beutenaken Member Abbreviation Parent unit Gulpen Formation Child units Lithological description Light greyish to whitish yellow, glauconitic fine- grained clayey and calcareous marls, with glauconite concentration in lowermost metre. Age Thickness Up to about 10 m Area of occurrence...

Vijlen Member

The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Vijlen Member Abbreviation Parent unit Gulpen Formation Child units Lithological description Yellowish grey, glauconitic fine- grained chalks, with basal glauconite-rich portion, subdivided into seven intervals by P. J. Felder & Bless (1994), each with distinctive fossil assemblages. Age Thickness...

Lixhe Member

The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Lixhe Member Abbreviation Parent unit Gulpen Formation Child units Lithological description White, fine-grained chalks with irregular dark blue-grey to black flint nodules. West of the River Maas (Meuse) threefold subdivision possible on flint type and abundance. Age Thickness Total...

Lanaye Member

The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Lanaye Member Abbreviation Parent unit Gulpen Formation Child units Lithological description White, fine-grained chalks with irregular light to dark blue-grey flint nodules; west of River Maas with 23 flint bands, east of river bedding the Lixhe Member is absent...

Sonnisheide Member

The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Sonnisheide Member Abbreviation Parent unit Vaals Formation Child units Lithological description Age Thickness Area of occurrence Type locality Alternative names Authors Dusar, M. & Lagrou, D. Date 01/02/2011 Cite as Dusar, M. & Lagrou, D., 2011. The Sonnisheide Member,...

Raren Member

The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Raren 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.,...

Nevele Formation

The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Nevele Formation Abbreviation Parent unit Chalk group Child units Wachtebeke member Lithological description Pale gray (2,5 Y 8/1) fine grained chalk (biomicritic wackestone), becoming more white-coloured downward (N 9/0), with darker wavy, non-parallel laminae and bioturbations (2,5 Y 7/1)....

Cottessen Member

The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Cottessen 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.,...

Saint-Vaast Chalk Formation

The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Saint-Vaast Chalk Formation Abbreviation SVA Parent unit Chalk group Child units Lithological description White togreyishchalk, containing clay minerals but notmarly, difficult to break. The lower part (“Craie de Saint-Vaast inférieure” auct.) contains sponges and grey to black flints but...

Trivières Chalk Formation

The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Trivières Chalk Formation Abbreviation TRI Parent unit Chalk group Child units Lithological description A white to greyish marly chalk without flints. A conglomerate, from a few cm to one m thick, generally marks the base containing hardground fragments, phosphatised...
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