The information on this page is a summary description.
The full formal description is available here: Russendorp lignite bed
| Abbreviation | |
| Parent unit | Mol Formation |
| Child units | |
| Lithological description | A thin lignitic-peaty layer occurring above or in the upper part of the Maatheide Member. |
| Age | See LIS file Mol Formation for information on the age of the Mol Formation units. |
| Thickness | At maximum 1 m thick , based on gamma-ray signal. |
| Area of occurrence | The outcrop of the Russendorp lignite bed is mapped west of the Reusel Fault on the Geological map 17 Mol (Gullentops and Vandenberghe, 1995b). It may occur within the upper part of the Maatheide Member to the east of the outcrop zone although, it is not certain that always the same lignitic-peaty horizon is involved. |
| Type locality | The Russendorp lignite bed was studied for palynology in the top of the former ‘Maatheide Links’(MHL) sand pit and correlated with a lignitic-peaty layer just north of the Campine Canal in the Russendorp locality (Gullentops and Vandenberghe, 1995a). On the Geological map 17 Mol the outcrop of the Russendorp lignite bed is mapped in a small area west of the Reusel Fault (Gullentops and Vandenberghe, 1995b). In recent interpretations of boreholes near and to the east of the Rauw Fault zone, the Russendorp lignite bed was tentatively indicated in the top of the Maatheide Member based on an elevated gamma-ray signal (Vandenberghe et al., 2020, fig.5). However experience in the area shows that the Russendorp lignite bed is just one of more lignitic-clayey streaks that can occur occasionally in the Maatheide Member and that no systematic correlation is possible. Therefore it was concluded to abandon the Russendorp lignite bed as a formal lithostratigraphic unit (Vandenberghe et al., 2020). |
| Alternative names | |
| Authors | Vandenberghe, N., Berwouts, I. & Vos, K. |
| Date | 01/09/2023 |
| Cite as | Vandenberghe, N., Berwouts, I. & Vos, K., 2023. The Russendorp lignite bed, 01/09/2023. National Commission for Stratigraphy Belgium. http://ncs.naturalsciences.be/lithostratigraphy/Russendorp-lignite-bed |
