Lommel Member

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Abbreviation StL
Parent unit Sterksel Formation
Child units
Lithological description Attracted by the antithetic down warping along the Rauw Fault, Rhine sands were deposited in a deep southern bend and cover the western part of the Kempen. Different mineralogy probably due to superficial weathering.
Age Mostly post-Jaramillo Early Pleistocene.
Thickness
Area of occurrence Lower Meuse Valley.
Type locality Sand quarry Houthalen.
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 Lommel Member, 01/01/2001. National Commission for Stratigraphy Belgium. http://ncs.naturalsciences.be/lithostratigraphy/Lommel-Member

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