The information on this page is a summary description.
The full formal description is available here: Schiepersberg Member
| Abbreviation | |
| Parent unit | Maastricht Formation |
| Child unit | |
| Lithological description | Poorly indurated, white yellowish, fine- to coarse-grained, homogeneous “chalk” with numerous regular beds and randomly distributed, light-grey to bluish-grey flint nodules. Homogeneous “chalk” changes towards the east into alternation of chalk beds of varying induration, part of the so-called ‘Kunrade limestone’. |
| Age | |
| Thickness | 5 to 6 m |
| Area of occurrence | |
| Type locality | Stratotype: Disused Schiepersberg quarry, Cadier en Keer, Limburg, The Netherlands (co-ordinates 315.880/182.680). |
| 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 Schiepersberg Member, 01/01/2001. National Commission for Stratigraphy Belgium. http://ncs.naturalsciences.be/lithostratigraphy/Schiepersberg-Member |
