Lies Member

Code
SGSKL
Status
Formal (Munsterman et al. 2012).
Lithologische beschrijving

Bioturbated silty to sandy claystones. Locally glauconitic, pyritic and carbonate streaks. GR-logs show fining and coarsening upward trends. The top demonstrates coarsening upward trend in GR-log pattern.

Afzettingsmilieu

Offshore- shelf environment.

Definitie ondergrens

Diachronously overlies the Terschelling Sandstone Member; the base is younger in the southern part of the Terschelling Basin. Contact with the Terschelling Sandstone Member is conformable and marked by a downward drop in GR-log readings (bell-shape).

Definitie bovengrens

Marked by a funnel-shaped GR-log pattern, resulting from the upward decreasing clay content. Boundary with the Scruff Spiculite Member.

Dikte indicatie
Up to 312 m (L03-01).
Geografische verbreiding
Regionale correlatie
UK: Humber Group; GER: ?; BEL: -.
Ouderdom
Tithonian.
Holostratotype
Depth (thickness) AH:
2318 - 2463 m (145 m)
Oorsprong naam
Named after the village Lies on the Wadden island Terschelling.
Vorige benaming(en)
None.
Gereviewed door (datum)
Sander Houben (2017).
Referenties
Munsterman, D.K., Verreussel, R.M.C.H., Mijnlieff, H.F., Witmans, N., Kerstholt-Boegehold, S. & Abbink, O.A. 2012. Revision and update of the Callovian-Ryazanian Stratigraphic Nomenclature in the northern Dutch Offshore, i.e. Central Graben Subgroup and Scruff Group. Netherlands Journal of Geosciences-Geologie en Mijnbouw, 91 (4), 555-590.
Cite as
TNO-GDN ([YEAR]). Lies Member. In: Stratigraphic Nomenclature of the Netherlands, TNO – Geological Survey of the Netherlands. Accessed on [DATE] from https://www.dinoloket.nl/en/stratigraphic-nomenclature/lies-member.