Code
NUSYHO
Status
Formal (De Lang & Weerts 2003).
Lithologische beschrijving
Yellowish brown gravel (mainly flint pebbles and cobbles, including fossils of sea urchins), subangular, poorly sorted, admixture of sand and detritus at the top (De Moor 2007).
Afzettingsmilieu
Local (periglacial) fluvial (precursors of Meuse tributaries), including channel, bar and alluvial fan.
Definitie ondergrens
Sharp contact with Meuse sand and gravel (Beegden Formation).
Definitie bovengrens
Locally at the surface. Elsewhere, sharp contact with loess (Boxtel Formation, Schimmert Member).
Dikte indicatie
Up to about 8 m.
Geografische verbreiding
Local patches in the southeasternmost part of the Netherlands.
Regionale correlatie
North Sea: not present; UK: not present; GER: not distinguished; BEL: not distinguished.
Ouderdom
Pleistocene.
Type section
Well:
Not yet determined.
Depth (thickness) AH:
Not yet determined.
Oorsprong naam
Named after the hamlet of Hoogcruts in the southeastern Netherlands.
Vorige benaming(en)
Hoogcruts Deposits (cf. Kuyl 1980).
Gereviewed door (datum)
Wim Dubelaar (2018), Sytze van Heteren (2019).
Referenties
De Lang, F.D., Weerts, H.J.T. 2003. Beschrijving lithostratigrafische eenheid. Nederlands Instituut voor Toegepaste Geowetenschappen TNO. Utrecht.
De Moor, J.J.W. 2007. Human impact on Holocene catchment development and fluvial processes - the Geul River catchment, SE Netherlands. PhD Thesis, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 142 p.
Kuyl, O.S. 1980. Toelichtingen bij de geologische kaart van Nederland 1:50.000. Blad Heerlen (62W oostelijke helft, 62O westelijke helft). Rijks Geologische Dienst, Haarlem.
Cite as
TNO-GDN ([YEAR]). Hoogcruts Member. In: Stratigraphic Nomenclature of the Netherlands, TNO – Geological Survey of the Netherlands. Accessed on [DATE] from https://www.dinoloket.nl/en/stratigraphic-nomenclature/hoogcruts-member.