The information on this page is a summary description.
The full formal description is available here: Brabant Member
| Abbreviation | |
| Parent unit | Gembloux Formation |
| Child units | |
| Lithological description | The member starts with the Nagelbeek Tongued Horizon (NTH), a typical cryoturbated horizon found across all the Belgian loess belt (Gullentops, 1954; Haesaerts et al., 1981, 1997; Van Vliet-Lanoë, 1992). The NTH is covered by calcareous powdery loess, slightly cohesive when dry. The top of the member is strongly decalcified and weathered by the Holocene Luvisol. The decalcification limit is often very sharp. The Brabant Member presents a widespread plateau facies (Kesselt sub-member), characterised by unstratified homogeneous loess, and a slope facies (Obrecheuil (2) sub-member), observed in Maisières-Canal (Haine Basin) and characterised by a mixing of loess, slope deposits (loam) and sandy deposits from a lateral tributary of the Haine river (Haesaerts, 1974, 2004; Haesaerts & de Heinzelin, 1979). |
| Age | Upper Pleistocene – upper part of Weichselian late pleniglacial (upper part of MIS 2). |
| Thickness | |
| Area of occurrence | Middle Belgium, on plateau and slopes. |
| Type locality | Kesselt (Nelissen brickyard quarry; 50°50’13”N / 5°37’12”E). Paratype: Eben-Emael (western and eastern walls of the CBR chalk quarry at Romont, respectively at 50°47’27”N / 5°38’37”E and 50°47’08”N / 5°39’27”E);- Harmignies (Omya Benelux chalk quarry and CBR chalk quarry; respectively at 50°25’08”N / 4°00’35”E and 50°25’13”N / 4°00’56”E);- Maisières (north-eastern bank of the Canal du Centre; 50°27’30”N / 3°59’30”E). |
| Alternative names | |
| Authors | Haesaerts, P., Pirson, S. & Meijs, E. |
| Date | 07/12/2011 |
| Cite as | Haesaerts, P., Pirson, S. & Meijs, E., 2011. The Brabant Member, 07/12/2011. National Commission for Stratigraphy Belgium. http://ncs.naturalsciences.be/lithostratigraphy/Brabant-Member |
