The information on this page is a summary description.
The full formal description is available here: Op de Schans Member
| Abbreviation | |
| Parent unit | Veldwezelt Formation |
| Child units | |
| Lithological description | Loess, reworked loess, sandy loess and fine sand. This member is present on top of the Dousberg pedocomplex which develops on the alluvium of the Rothem Terrace (see Meijs, 2002). The upper part is wearing the Pottenberg pedocomplex of Luvisol type (Meijs, 2002; see Fig. Z). |
| Age | Middle Pleistocene. |
| Thickness | |
| Area of occurrence | East Middle Belgium, on plateau and slopes. |
| Type locality | Western bank of the Albert canal near Kesselt (50°50’25-38”N / 5°38’10-12”E), in front of the ancient Op de Schans Vandersanden brickyard quarry lying on the eastern side of the Albert-Canal. |
| Alternative names | |
| Authors | Haesaerts, P., Pirson, S. & Meijs, E. |
| Date | 07/12/2011 |
| Cite as | Haesaerts, P., Pirson, S. & Meijs, E., 2011. The Op de Schans Member, 07/12/2011. National Commission for Stratigraphy Belgium. http://ncs.naturalsciences.be/lithostratigraphy/Op-de-Schans-Member |
