The information on this page is a summary description.
The full formal description is available here: Melle Formation
| Abbreviation | Ml |
| Parent unit | Schelde Group |
| Child units | |
| Lithological description | Cryoturbated complex composed of peaty, peaty-loam layers and sandy intercalations with flint fragments. The unit is situated 5 to 10m above the main river. The peat layers contain the pollen Azolla filiculoides (Vanhoorne, 1961; De Groote, 1967). |
| Age | Middle Pleistocene, Holsteinian. |
| Thickness | Up to 5m. |
| Area of occurrence | Schelde basin. |
| Type locality | Melle, waterway incision. |
| 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 Melle Formation, 01/01/2001. National Commission for Stratigraphy Belgium. http://ncs.naturalsciences.be/lithostratigraphy/Melle-Formation |
