Code
NLDOBM
Status
Formal (NAM & RGD 1980). Amended (Van Adrichem Boogaert & Kouwe 1997).
Lithologische beschrijving
Greenish to brownish grey, silty, calcareous clay to marl.
Afzettingsmilieu
Marine deposit, outer neritic. The unit is the distal equivalent of the Brussels Sandstone Member.
Definitie ondergrens
Can be distinguished from the underlying clay (Ieper Member and/or interfingering Engelschhoek Member) on wire-line logs by its higher resistivity and acoustic velocity expressions, and its lower gamma-ray readings.
Definitie bovengrens
Can be distinguished from the overlying clay (Asse Member, and/or interfingering Engelschhoek Member) on wire-line logs by its higher resistivity and acoustic velocity expressions, and its lower gamma-ray readings.
Dikte indicatie
Up to 750 m.
Geografische verbreiding
Regionale correlatie
UK: ?; GER: ?; BEL: ?
Ouderdom
middle Eocene.
Holostratotype
Well:
Depth (thickness) AH:
1035 - 1099 m AH (64 m)
Oorsprong naam
Named after Brussels, the capital of Belgium, and the prevailing lithology.
Vorige benaming(en)
None.
Gereviewed door (datum)
Geert-Jan Vis (2019).
Referenties
NAM & RGD 1980. Stratigraphic nomenclature of The Netherlands. Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Nederlands Geologisch Mijnbouwkundig Genootschap 32, 77 p.
Van Adrichem Boogaert, H.A. & Kouwe, W.F.P. 1997. Stratigraphic nomenclature of The Netherlands, revision and update by RGD and NOGEPA, Section I, Tertiary. Mededelingen Rijks Geologische Dienst, 50, 1-39.
Cite as
TNO-GDN ([YEAR]). Brussels Marl Member. In: Stratigraphic Nomenclature of the Netherlands, TNO – Geological Survey of the Netherlands. Accessed on [DATE] from https://www.dinoloket.nl/en/stratigraphic-nomenclature/brussels-marl-member.