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...
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...
The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Houthalen Member Abbreviation BbHo Parent unit Bolderberg Formation Child units Lithological description The Houthalen Member is a dark green, often clayey, medium fine-grained sandy unit, micaceous, slightly ligniferous and glauconitic. Dispersed and concentrated mollusks occur which are also reworked...
The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Genk Member Abbreviation BbGe Parent unit Bolderberg Formation Child units Opgrimbie Facies Lithological description Fine-grained to fairly coarse-grained sand with lignite and gravel layers (De Meuter & Laga, 1976; Louwye et al., 2020). Lignite is generally dispersed, but can...
The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Opgrimbie Facies Abbreviation BbOg Parent unit Genk Member Child units Lithological description A medium-grained, white sandy unit holding a lignite seam (Kikbeek Lignite) and a quartzite layer (a silcrete cemented by originally opal bioliths) (Gullentops, 1963, 1972-1973; Matthijs, 1999)....
The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Heizel Facies Abbreviation BbHe Parent unit Bolderberg Formation Child units Lithological description Yellow-brown, micaceous, fine-grained sand. Thin clay layers are present (Gulinck, 1956, 1959). A gravel layer consisting of flint pebbles, marine mammal bone fragments and plant fragments is...
The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Molenbeersel Formation Abbreviation Mn Parent unit Child units Lithological description The unit consists of brown-grey to grey-green, clay- and shell-bearing silt and fine-grained sand. The unit holds glauconite and lignite fragments. The central part of the formation is richest...
The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Veldhoven Formation Abbreviation Vd Parent unit Child units Voort Member, Wintelre Member, Someren Member Lithological description The Veldhoven Formation consists of fine grained glauconitic mollusc-bearing sand (Voort and Someren members) containing in some locations rich mollusc beds near its...
The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Diest Formation Abbreviation Di Parent unit Child units Borsbeek Member, Deurne Member, Dessel Member, Hageland Diest Member, Kepen Diest Member, clayey-top facies, Bosbeek facies Lithological description The Diest Formation consists of grey green to brownish, poorly sorted, fine to...
The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Voort Member Abbreviation VdVo Parent unit Veldhoven Formation Child units Lithological description Fine-grained and clayey, green glauconitic sands, often rich in macrofossils. The Geological Survey of Belgium holds a rich collection of predominantly molluscs from the coal mine shaft...
