The information on this page is a summary description.
The full formal description is available here: Dilsen Member
| Abbreviation | |
| Parent unit | Gent Formation |
| Child units | |
| Lithological description | The Dilsen Member consists of yellow horizontally laminated slightly silty sands. Typically, an interglacial soil developed in these sands, with a reddish-brown Bt-horizon, which is thought to be the equivalent of the Eemian Rocourt pedocomplex in the loess sections (Haesaerts et al., this volume). It is most frequently found overlying the Eisden-Lanklaar terrace of Saalian age (Gullentops et al., 2001) and covered by younger aeolian deposits. |
| Age | Saalian |
| Thickness | Maximum 1-2 m |
| Area of occurrence | Belgian sand belt |
| Type locality | Eisden-Lanklaar terrace in the Meuse Valley, Limburg |
| 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 Dilsen Member, 15/01/2016. National Commission for Stratigraphy Belgium. http://ncs.naturalsciences.be/lithostratigraphy/Dilsen-Member |
