Category

LithoNeogene

Lillo Formation

The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Lillo Formation Abbreviation Li Parent unit Child units Broechem Bed, Luchtbal Member, Oordern Member, Kruisschans Member, Poederlee Member, Merksem Member, Zandvliet Member Lithological description Shelly sand with a clayey admixture in the central part and with several distinct shell...

Broechem Bed

The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Broechem Bed Abbreviation LiBr Parent unit Lillo Formation Child units Lithological description The sediment composition is a fine quartz sand unlike the other glauconite rich Neogene units in the area. Due to the near absence of observed glauconite, the...

clayey-top facies

The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: clayey-top facies Abbreviation DiCl Parent unit Diest Formation Child units Lithological description The clayey-top-facies consist of a glauconite-rich, poorly-sorted clayey sand with a characteristic higher clay content compared to the coarse Kempen Diest Member below. The size distribution mode...

Op-den-Berg Facies

The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Op-den-Berg Facies Abbreviation KzOp Parent unit Kieseloolite Formation Child units Lithological description A medium to coarse-grained even gravelly, poorly-sorted, grey to white quartz-enriched sand; quartz grains have angular outlines. Gully structures and oblique stratification occur in the sand. Among...

Bosbeek facies

The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Bosbeek facies Abbreviation DiBs Parent unit Diest Formation Child units Lithological description The Bosbeek facies is the local expression of the Diest Formation in the northern part of the Kempen Plateau, such as found in outcrop in the flanks...

Brunssum Member

The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Brunssum Member Abbreviation KzBr, KzB1, KzB2, and KzPe Parent unit Kieseloolite Formation Child units Pey Bed Lithological description The Brunssum Beds are layered dark lignitic clay and lignite horizons. Brunssum I can be more than 5 m in thickness...

Flemish Hills Formation

The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Flemish Hills Formation Abbreviation Vh Parent unit Child units Lithological description The Flemish Hills Formation consists of poorly to very poorly sorted, fine to coarse sand. The grain size coarsens upwards. Though the description of the vertical build-up was...

Kasterlee Formation

The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Kasterlee Formation Abbreviation Kl Parent unit Child units Hallaar Member, Beerzel Member, Heist-op-den-Berg Member, Lichtaart Member Lithological description The main properties allowing to identify the classical Kasterlee Formation in its type area are undoubtedly the fine sand grain-size compared...

Hallaar Member

The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Hallaar Member Abbreviation KlHa Parent unit Kasterlee Formation Child units Olen Gravel Bed Lithological description In its type area around the hills of Heist-op-den-Berg and Beerzel up to Olen more the north, a disperse gravel of flattened and partly...

Olen Gravel Bed

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...
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