The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Mol Formation Abbreviation Ml Parent unit Child units Retie Member, Donk Member, Maat Lignite Bed, Maatheide Member, informal level 1-2 sand unit, informal level 3 clay bed Lithological description The Mol Formation is characterised by pale grey to white...
The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Merksem Member Abbreviation LiMe Parent unit Lillo Formation Child units Lithological description The Merksem Member, redefined by De Meuter & Laga (1976), is a grey-green fine-grained to medium fine-grained glauconiferous quartz sand. Coarse-grained sandy intercalations occur. The lower part...
The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Olen Gravel Bed Abbreviation KlOl Parent unit Hallaar Member Child units Lithological description The Olen Gravel Bed is a disperse gravel which occurs at the base of the Kasterlee Formation in the type area of the Hallaar Member, from...
The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Beerzel Member Abbreviation KlBe Parent unit Kasterlee Formation Child units Lithological description The Beerzel Member in the type area can be recognized by its yellow to white colour and low glauconite and clay content, and is consistently underlain by...
The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Heist-op-den-Berg Member Abbreviation KlHe Parent unit Kasterlee Formation Child units Lithological description In its type area around the hills of Heist-op-den-Berg and Beerzel up to Olen more to the north, the Heist-op-den-Berg Member can be easily recognized by the...
The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Lichtaart Member Abbreviation KlLi Parent unit Kasterlee Formation Child units Oud-Turnhout Facies, Hoge Berg Facies Lithological description The Lichtaart Member consists of pale green fine sand with a moderate glauconite content. Reported modal grain size varies between 125 and...
The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Oud-Turnhout Facies Abbreviation KlOu Parent unit Lichtaart Member Child units Lithological description The Oud-Turnhout Facies is a glauconite-rich facies of the Lichtaart Member (Kasterlee Formation). Its high glauconite content (30%) makes it distinct from the Hoge Berg Facies (4-5%...
The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Hoge Berg Facies Abbreviation KlHo Parent unit Lichtaart Member Child units Lithological description The Hoge Berg Facies is a glauconite-poor facies of the Lichtaart Member (Kasterlee Formation). Its low glauconite content (4-5%) makes it distinct from the Oud-Turnhout Facies...
The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Poppel Facies Abbreviation Po Parent unit Child units Lithological description The Poppel sand has been described in a flushed borehole Weelde (BGD 008E0133; DOV kb8d8e-B26) by Laga & Notebaert (1981). An interval of 31 m between 102 and 133...
The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Wurfeld Formation Abbreviation Wu Parent unit Child units Lithological description In the Maaseik borehole (049W0220), quartz-enriched pale coloured sand occurs above green glauconite enriched sand. Above the latter, the basal part of the pale-colored sand between 192.7 m and...
