The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Veldwezelt Formation Abbreviation Parent unit Romont Group Child units Op de Schans Member, Riemst Member, Vlijtingen Member, Hainaut Member Lithological description Age Thickness Area of occurrence Type locality Alternative names Authors Haesaerts, P., Pirson, S. & Meijs, E. Date...
The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Op de Schans Member Abbreviation Parent unit Veldwezelt Formation Child units Lithological description Loess, reworked loess, sandy loess and fine sand. This member is present on top of the Dousberg pedocomplex which develops on the alluvium of the Rothem...
The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Riemst Member Abbreviation Parent unit Veldwezelt Formation Child units Lithological description This sequence starts with reworked loess, sandy loess and fine sand wearing locally the Wolder Podsol (Meijs, 2002; see Fig. Z). Higher up, loess-accumulation predominates, becoming more homogeneous....
The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Vlijtingen Member Abbreviation Parent unit Veldwezelt Formation Child units Lithological description The sequence starts with reworked loess, sandy loess and fine sand wearing locally the Vroenhoven Podsol on top of which a very characteristic clayey loess is often present....
The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Hainaut Member Abbreviation Parent unit Veldwezelt Formation Child units Lithological description Yellowish loess with five tundra gleys, including large ice wedge pseudomorphs (Haesaerts et al., 1981; Juvigné et al., 1996; Meijs, 2002). On top, large gully systems with stratified...
The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Gembloux Formation Abbreviation Parent unit Romont Group Child units Warneton Member, Vellereille Member, Hesbaye Member, Brabant Member Lithological description The upper loesses are better preserved than lower loesses; they are spread all over Middle Belgium, reaching locally up to...
The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Warneton Member Abbreviation Parent unit Gembloux Formation Child units Lithological description Start with the characteristic dark brown horizons of the Humiferous Complex of Remicourt (HCR; Haesaerts et al., 1997, 1999), containing the Rocourt Tephra (Pouclet et al., 2008). This...
The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Vellereille Member Abbreviation Parent unit Gembloux Formation Child units Lithological description This member starts with ca 2 m of calcareous loesses bearing a few palaeosols (tundra gley and A1 horizons; Haesaerts & Van Vliet, 1974). Reworked carbonated loesses are...
The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Eke Member Abbreviation ElE Parent unit Eeklo Formation Child units Lithological description This unit is dominantly sandy with clayey and loamy layers or gravel laminae, sometimes with peaty intercalations. Within the sand clay pebbles, vegetation remains, reworked tertiary shells...
The information on this page is a summary description. The full formal description is available here: Hesbaye Member Abbreviation Parent unit Gembloux Formation Child units Lithological description Thick pale yellow calcareous loess, finely laminated (Gullentops, 1954; Haesaerts & Van Vliet, 1974; Paepe & Vanhoorne, 1976). These sediments bear several tundra gleys. The bottom part of...
