Gronsveld Member

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The full formal description is available here: Gronsveld Member

Abbreviation
Parent unit Maastricht Formation
Child unit
Lithological description Poorly indurated, white- yellowish to yellowish grey, fine to coarse-grained “chalk”. In its lower portion, small, light to dark greyish brown flint nodules of varying size and shape, in its higher portion arranged in more or less regular beds of nodules. Towards the east the higher portion is missing, where the “chalk” changes into cyclic alternation of more or less indurated chalk beds, part of the so-called ‘Kunrade limestone’.
Age
Thickness Between 4.5 and about 10 m
Area of occurrence
Type locality Stratotype: Quarries Wijngaardsberg and Varkensgat at Riesenberg, east of Gronsveld, Limburg, The Netherlands (co-ordinates 314.050/180.150).
Alternative names
Authors Robaszynski, F., Dhondt, A.V. & Jagt, J.W.M.
Date 01/01/2001
Cite as Robaszynski, F., Dhondt, A.V. & Jagt, J.W.M., 2001. The Gronsveld Member, 01/01/2001. National Commission for Stratigraphy Belgium. http://ncs.naturalsciences.be/lithostratigraphy/Gronsveld-Member

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