The information on this page is a summary description.
The full formal description is available here: Meerssen Member
| Abbreviation | |
| Parent unit | Maastricht Formation |
| Child unit | |
| Lithological description | Poorly indurated white yellowish, coarse- to very coarse-grained “chalk” with clearly developed hardgrounds and fossil hash layers and omission surfaces. |
| Age | |
| Thickness | Between about 15 and 20 m |
| Area of occurrence | |
| Type locality | Stratotype: Ankerpoort-Curfs quarry, Geulhem, Limburg, The Netherlands (co-ordinates 320.120/182.100). |
| 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 Meerssen Member, 01/01/2001. National Commission for Stratigraphy Belgium. http://ncs.naturalsciences.be/lithostratigraphy/Meerssen-Member |
