Kreekrak Formation

Code
NUKK
Status
Formal (Kiden & Gouw 2010).
Lithologische beschrijving

Heterogeneous. Greyish brown to brown organic clay, massively or horizontally bedded, with local sand laminae. Local shells and shell debris, common wood and plant fragments. Subordinate greenish brown to black gyttja, peat, and silty or clayey very fine to medium sand.

Afzettingsmilieu

Predominantly meandering fluvial (Scheldt), including channel (sand), abandoned channel (gyttja, local clayey peat, humic clay, fine sand), and floodplain (humic clay). Also, estuarine (clayey sand with peat layers) and lacustrine.

Definitie ondergrens

Typically sharp and partly erosive contact with organics (Basisveen Bed, Nieuwkoop Formation, clastic tidal deposits (Wormer and Walcheren Members, Naaldwijk Formation), periglacial sand and loam (Boxtel Formation), older Scheldt sand (Koewacht Formation) or coarse fluvial and estuarine Rhine sand (Waalre Formation). Locally diffuse transition where interfingering with the Nieuwkoop (Hollandveen Member) and Naaldwijk Formations.

Definitie bovengrens

Typically sharp and partly erosive contact with organics (Basisveen Bed, Nieuwkoop Formation, clastic tidal deposits (Wormer and Walcheren Members, Naaldwijk Formation), periglacial sand and loam (Boxtel Formation), older Scheldt sand (Koewacht Formation) or coarse fluvial and estuarine Rhine sand (Waalre Formation). Locally diffuse transition where interfingering with the Nieuwkoop (Hollandveen Member) and Naaldwijk Formations.

Dikte indicatie
Between 0.1 and 8 m, averaging 1 - 2 m. Highly variable over short distances.
Geografische verbreiding
Regionale correlatie
North Sea: not present; UK: not present; GER: not present; BEL: Arenberg Formation (Gullentops et al. 2001).
Ouderdom
Late Pleistocene (Younger Dryas) - 500 AD (Vos 1992; Bos et al. 2005).
Holostratotype
Depth (thickness) AH:
10.12 - 14.34 m (4.22 m) below land surface
Parastratotype
Depth (thickness) AH:
1.05 - 3.05 m (2.00 m) below land surface
Oorsprong naam
Named after a small tidal channel connecting two branches of the river Scheldt (presently known as the Western and Eastern Scheldt.
Vorige benaming(en)
Schelde-1, -2, -3 and -4 deposits (Vos 1992). Upper Schelde deposits (Sc.b) and Lower Schelde deposits (Sc.o) (Vos & Van Heeringen 1997).
Gereviewed door (datum)
Wim Dubelaar (2018), Sytze van Heteren (2019).
Referenties
Bos, J.A.A., Huisman, D.J., Kiden, P., Hoek, W.Z., Van Geel, B. 2005. Early Holocene environmental change in the Kreekrak area (Zeeland, SW-Netherlands): a multi-proxy analysis. Palaeogeography, Palaoeclimatology, Palaeoecology 227, 259-289.
Gullentops, F., Bogemans, F., De Moor, G., Paulissen, E., Pissart, A. 2001. Quaternary lithostratigraphic units (Belgium). In: Bultynck, P., Dejonghe, L. (eds.), Guide to a revised lithostratigraphic scale of Belgium, Geologica Belgica, 4/1-2, 153-164.
Kiden, P., Gouw, M. 2010. Beschrijving lithostratigrafische eenheid. Nederlands Instituut voor Toegepaste Geowetenschappen TNO. Utrecht.
Vos, P.C., Van Heeringen, R.M. 1997. Holocene geology and occupation history of the province of Zeeland. Mededelingen Nederlands Instituut voor Toegepaste Geowetenschappen TNO 59, NITG-TNO, Utrecht, 5-109.
Vos, P.C. 1992. Toelichting kaartblad 43/49 West en 49 Oost - Concept toelichting 43/49 West: Holocene deel, RGD-Rapport 1454. Rijks Geologische Dienst, Haarlem, 41 p.
Cite as
TNO-GDN ([YEAR]). Kreekrak Formation. In: Stratigraphic Nomenclature of the Netherlands, TNO – Geological Survey of the Netherlands. Accessed on [DATE] from https://www.dinoloket.nl/en/stratigraphic-nomenclature/kreekrak-formation.