The information on this page is a summary description.
The full formal description is available here: De Panne Member
| Abbreviation | |
| Parent unit | Gent Formation |
| Child units | |
| Lithological description | Yellow grey to grey medium to fine sand with peaty layers (Lebbe & De Ceunynick, 1980; De Ceunynck, 1984) and pale yellow medium sand, sometimes with humic intercalations and/or fine layers composed of shell remains. The stratification is characterized by variable dip angles. |
| Age | Holocene |
| Thickness | From a few meters up to more than 7 meters. |
| Area of occurrence | Coastal plain. |
| Type locality | The Panne area |
| Alternative names | |
| Authors | Beerten, K., Bogemans, F., Heyvaert, V., Vandenberghe, D. & Van Nieuland, J. |
| Date | 15/01/2016 |
| Cite as | Beerten, K., Bogemans, F., Heyvaert, V., Vandenberghe, D. & Van Nieuland, J., 2016. The De Panne Member, 15/01/2016. National Commission for Stratigraphy Belgium. http://ncs.naturalsciences.be/lithostratigraphy/De-Panne-Member |
