Vijlen Member

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The full formal description is available here: Vijlen Member

Abbreviation
Parent unit Gulpen Formation
Child unit
Lithological description Yellowish grey, glauconitic fine- grained chalks, with basal glauconite-rich portion, subdivided into seven intervals by P. J. Felder & Bless (1994), each with distinctive fossil assemblages.
Age
Thickness Generally between 15 and 25 m, but locally up to about 100 m
Area of occurrence
Type locality Stratotype: road cutting between Mamelis and Bocholtzerheide, on the Dutch-German boundary (co-ordinates 312.330/196.450).
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 Vijlen Member, 01/01/2001. National Commission for Stratigraphy Belgium. http://ncs.naturalsciences.be/lithostratigraphy/Vijlen-Member

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