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LithoQuaternary

Treignes Bed

The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Treignes Bed Abbreviation uT Parent unit Child units Lithological description Spring and cascade tufa, Holocene, from Preboreal on, some still active. Age Thickness Area of occurrence Type locality Alternative names Authors Gullentops, F., Bogemans, F., De Moor, G., Paulissen,...

Booischot Bed

The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Booischot Bed Abbreviation fO Parent unit Child units Lithological description Limonitic bog iron formed in the alluvial plain of rivers (in type Grote Nete) draining glauconite rich terrain, Holocene. Age Thickness Area of occurrence Type locality Alternative names Authors...

As Soil Bed

The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: As Soil Bed Abbreviation wA Parent unit Child units Lithological description Intense reddish-brown weathering, well preserved on surfaces of the Zutendaal Formation; essentially achieved before Elstrian Glacial. Age Thickness Area of occurrence Type locality Alternative names Authors Gullentops, F.,...

Rocourt Soil Bed

The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Rocourt Soil Bed Abbreviation wR Parent unit Child units Lithological description A polygenetic soil devloped on Hainaut loess member, more mature than Holocene soils; developed end of the Eemian. Age Thickness Area of occurrence Type locality Alternative names Authors...

Usselo Soil Bed

The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Usselo Soil Bed Abbreviation wU Parent unit Child units Lithological description A nannopodzol formed on top of the Wildert Member cover sand and preserved through covering of the Hechtel Member dune sand; Bölling/Alleröd Oscillation of Latest-Weichselian, ended with Younger-Dryas....

Tisselt Member

The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Tisselt Member Abbreviation Parent unit Gent Formation Child units Lithological description Yellow to grey alternated bedded deposits of silty and sandy sediments. The deposits consist either of well-defined alternating layers or laminae of silt and sand with very distinct...

Enstatite Tephra Bed

The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Enstatite Tephra Bed Abbreviation vE Parent unit Child units Lithological description Aresence of enstatite, occurs in the Warneton Bed, probable age MIS 5b. Age Thickness Area of occurrence Type locality Alternative names Authors Gullentops, F., Bogemans, F., De Moor,...

Opgrimbie Member

The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Opgrimbie Member Abbreviation Parent unit Gent Formation Child units Lithological description The Opgrimbie Member consists of homogeneous sand and silty sand. The colour is pure and bright white, to grey, yellow and brown, and is dependent on local hydro-...

Ertville Tephra Bed

The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Ertville Tephra Bed Abbreviation vV Parent unit Child units Lithological description Visible lamina in laminated loess just prior of Kesselt Suite, earliest Late Weichselian. Age Thickness Area of occurrence Type locality Alternative names Authors Gullentops, F., Bogemans, F., De...

Achterbos Member

The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Achterbos Member Abbreviation Parent unit Gent Formation Child units Lithological description The Achterbos Member consists of (dull) greyish-yellow very well-sorted and loosely packed fine sand (mode between 125-250 µm) displaying cm- to dm-scale bedding caused by subtle variations in...
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