Code
NUUAWM
Status
Formal.
Lithological description
Mud-rich sediments.
Depositional setting
Low energy open marine (Rijsdijk et al. 2005).
Definition of lower boundary
Not yet determined.
Definition of upper boundary
Not yet determined.
Thickness indication
Not yet determined.
Geographical distribution
North Sea.
Regional correlation
UK: Western Mud Hole Member; GER: ?; BEL: ?
Age
Holocene.
Type section
Well:
Not yet determined.
Depth (thickness) AH:
Not yet determined.
Origin of name
Named after an area in the North Sea halfway between the UK and the Netherlands, on the virtual line between Hull and the island of Ameland.
Previous name(s)
None.
Reviewed by (date)
Geert-Jan Vis (2019).
References
Rijsdijk, K.F., Passchier, S., Weerts, H.J.T., Laban, C., Van Leeuwen, R.J.W., Ebbing, J.H.J. 2005. Revised Upper Cenozoic stratigraphy of the Dutch sector of the North Sea Basin: towards an integrated lithostratigraphic, seismostratigraphic and allostratigraphic approach. Netherlands Journal of Geosciences 84, 129-146. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0016774600023015
Cite as
TNO-GDN ([YEAR]). Western Mud Hole Member. In: Stratigraphic Nomenclature of the Netherlands, TNO – Geological Survey of the Netherlands. Accessed on [DATE] from https://www.dinoloket.nl/en/stratigraphic-nomenclature/western-mud-hole-member.