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...
The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Someren Member Abbreviation VdSo Parent unit Veldhoven Formation Child units Lithological description Light grey to green fine to very fine glauconiferous mollusc-bearing sand is characteristic for the Someren Member. Age No datation in Belgium is available. The age is...
The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Dessel Member Abbreviation DiDe Parent unit Diest Formation Child units Lithological description The member contains the fine-grained, glauconiferous, greyish green sand that is found near the base of the Diest Formation only in subcrop in boreholes in the central...
The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Boncelles Formation Abbreviation Bn Parent unit Child units Lithological description The Boncelles Formation forms the fine-grained upper part of remnant Oligocene sand deposits on the eastern Hesbaye and Condroz plateaus, up to the Hautes Fagnes region (= Boncelles Formation...
The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Berchem Formation Abbreviation Bc Parent unit Child units Edegem Member, Kiel Member, Antwerpen Member, Zonderschot Member Lithological description The Berchem Formation was redescribed in detail by Louwye et al. (2020). The Berchem Formation is a green to blackish, fine...
The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Edegem Member Abbreviation BcEd Parent unit Berchem Formation Child units Lithological description The Edegem Member consists of green to greyish-green fine-grained, clayey and glauconitic sand (mode 190 ?m ± 38 ?m). The clay content is 4.7 ± 3.2% and...
The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Kiel Member Abbreviation BcKi Parent unit Berchem Formation Child units Lithological description The Kiel Member was originally described as a non-fossiliferous (i.e. decalcified), grey-green medium fine-grained to coarse-grained sand (mode 248 ?m ± 51 ?m), very rich in glauconite,...
The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Antwerpen Member Abbreviation BcAn Parent unit Berchem Formation Child units Lithological description The Antwerpen Member consists of dark green to blackish, medium fine-grained, slightly clayey and very glauconitic sand with a mode of 219 µm ± 61 µm. The...
The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Zonderschot Member Abbreviation BcZo Parent unit Berchem Formation Child units Lithological description The member was formally described for the first time by De Meuter & Laga (1976) as a dark green, rather fine-grained, clayey, slightly ligniferous, very glauconitic sand,...
