Miste Bed

Code
NUBRAAMI
Status
Formal (Westerhoff 2003).
Lithologische beschrijving

Dark green clay, sandy, and sand, fining upward. Glauconitic, fossiliferous (rich Miocene fauna), shelly lag forms base of Aalten Member (Breda Formation; Van den Bosch et al. 1975). Horizon with phosphorite concretions near the top.

Afzettingsmilieu

Warm shallow marine.

Definitie ondergrens

Unconformable contact with marine clay (Rupel Formation).

Definitie bovengrens

Sharp unconformable contact with fluvioglacial gravel (Drente Formation, Schaarsbergen Member). Diffuse transition into shallow-marine clayey sand (Stemerdink Bed, Breda Formation).

Dikte indicatie
Up to about 5 m.
Geografische verbreiding
Very local in the eastern Netherlands.
Regionale correlatie
North Sea: not present; UK: not present; GER: ?; BEL: not present.
Ouderdom
middle Miocene.
Type section
Well:
Not yet determined.
Depth (thickness) AH:
Not yet determined.
Oorsprong naam
Named after the hamlet of Miste in the eastern Netherlands.
Vorige benaming(en)
None.
Gereviewed door (datum)
Sytze van Heteren (2019).
Referenties
Van den Bosch, M., Cadée, M.C., Janssen, A.W. 1975. Lithostratigraphical and biostratigraphical subdivision of Tertiary deposits (Oligocene-Pliocene) in the Winterswijk-Almelo region (eastern part of The Netherlands). Scripta Geologica 29, 1-167.
Westerhoff, W.E. 2003. Beschrijving lithostratigrafische eenheid. Nederlands Instituut voor Toegepaste Geowetenschappen TNO. Utrecht.
Cite as
TNO-GDN ([YEAR]). Miste Bed. In: Stratigraphic Nomenclature of the Netherlands, TNO – Geological Survey of the Netherlands. Accessed on [DATE] from https://www.dinoloket.nl/en/stratigraphic-nomenclature/miste-bed.