The information on this page is a summary description.
The full formal description is available here: Oostwinkel Formation
| Abbreviation | Ow |
| Parent unit | Schelde Group |
| Child units | |
| Lithological description | Sandy, loamy fine sandy and peaty-loamy deposits of a meandering river system. The sandy layers contain locally Corbicula fluminalis and Theodoxus fluviatilis. |
| Age | Upper Pleistocene, Eemian. |
| Thickness | 5m and more. |
| Area of occurrence | Schelde basin. |
| Type locality | Berlare (De Moor & Heyse, 1974), Grimbergen (Grimbergen Member – Bogemans, 1993). |
| 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 Oostwinkel Formation, 01/01/2001. National Commission for Stratigraphy Belgium. http://ncs.naturalsciences.be/lithostratigraphy/Oostwinkel-Formation |
