The information on this page is a summary description.
The full formal description is available here: Simpelveld Formation
| Abbreviation | Sv |
| Parent unit | Meuse Group |
| Child units | |
| Lithological description | Small remnants of highest terraces slightly cut down into the peneplain, due to epirogenic upheaval of the Ardennes, with incorporation of fresh Palaeozoïc materials, now weathered into reddish brown colour. Deposition of a gravel fan north of Aachen. The Formation ends with the abandonment of the Simpelveld Valley, the Meuse finding a new NNE way to the subsiding Roer Valley Graben. |
| Age | Late Pliocene as Tiglian peat is found in the dry Simpelveld valley. |
| Thickness | |
| Area of occurrence | Lower Meuse Valley. |
| Type locality | Abandoned gravel pits in the Mortroux area. |
| 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 Simpelveld Formation, 01/01/2001. National Commission for Stratigraphy Belgium. http://ncs.naturalsciences.be/lithostratigraphy/Simpelveld-Formation |
