The information on this page is a summary description.
The full formal description is available here: Adegem Formation
Abbreviation | Ag |
Parent unit | Schelde Group |
Child units | |
Lithological description | A complex of sandy deposits with cryoturbated horizons. It is preserved in the main valley bottom infill. |
Age | Middle Pleistocene, Saalian. |
Thickness | Up to 7m. |
Area of occurrence | Schelde basin. |
Type locality | Gent-Sifferdok (De Moor, 1963), Nieuwenrode (Bogemans, 1993). |
Alternative names | |
Authors | Gullentops, F., Bogemans, F., De Moor, G., Paulissen, E. & Pissart, A. |
Date | 01/01/2001 |
Cite as | Gullentops, F., Bogemans, F., De Moor, G., Paulissen, E. & Pissart, A., 2001. The Adegem Formation, 01/01/2001. National Commission for Stratigraphy Belgium. http://ncs.naturalsciences.be/lithostratigraphy/Adegem-Formation |