Code
NUWB
Status
Formal (Weerts et al. 2003).
Lithological description
Brown to black peat, firm, amorphous, clayey, non-calcareous. Gyttja, firm, usually amorphous.
Depositional setting
Nutrient-poor (moss peat) to nutrient-rich (reed, sedge and woody peat) marsh and swamp.
Definition of lower boundary
Gradual transition into tidal clay (Eem Formation) or into humic periglacial sand (Boxtel Formation). Sharp contact with glaciofluvial sand and gravel (Drente Formation, Schaarsbergen Member).
Definition of upper boundary
Sharp contact with periglacial sand (Boxtel Formation) or, erosively, with fluvial gravelly sand (Kreftenheye Formation).
Thickness indication
Up to about 3 m.
Geographical distribution
Regional correlation
North Sea: not distinguished; UK: pre-Holocene part of the Fenland Peat Formation (McMillan et al. 2011); GER: not distinguished; BEL: not distinguished.
Age
Late Pleistocene (Eemian - early Weichselian).
Holostratotype
Well:
Depth (thickness) AH:
10.50 - 11.50 m (1 m) below land surface
Origin of name
Named after the village of Woudenberg, east of Utrecht in the central Netherlands.
Previous name(s)
Upper Peat Member (IV) and Peat Member (Zagwijn 1961; Doppert et al. 1975). Formerly included in the Eem Formation (Doppert et al. 1975).
Reviewed by (date)
Wim Dubelaar (2018), Sytze van Heteren (2019).
References
Cleveringa, P., Meijer, T., Van Leeuwen, R.J.W., De Wolf, H., Power, R., Lissenberg, T., Burger, A.W. 2000. The Eemian stratotype locality at Amersfoort in the central Netherlands: a re-evaluation of old and new data. In: Van Kolfschoten, Th., Gibbard, P.L. (eds): The Eemian – local sequences, global perspectives. Geologie en Mijnbouw / Netherlands Journal of Geosciences 79, 197-216.
Doppert, J.W.Chr., Ruegg, G.H.J., Van Staalduinen, C.J., Zagwijn, W.H., Zandstra, J.G. 1975. Formaties van het Kwartair en Boven-Tertiair in Nederland. In: Zagwijn, W.H., Van Staalduinen, C.J. (eds.): Toelichting bij geologische overzichtskaarten van Nederland. Rijks Geologische Dienst, Haarlem, 11-56.
McMillan, A.A., Hamblin, R.J.O., Merritt, J.W. 2011. A lithostratigraphical framework for onshore Quaternary and Neogene (Tertiary) superficial deposits of Great Britain and the Isle of Man. British Geological Survey Research Report, RR/10/03, 343 p.
Weerts, H.J.T., Bosch, J.H.A., Busschers, F.S. 2003. Beschrijving lithostratigrafische eenheid. Nederlands Instituut voor Toegepaste Geowetenschappen TNO. Utrecht.
Zagwijn, W.H. 1961. Vegetation, climate and radiocarbon datings in the Late Pleistocene of the Netherlands. Part I: Eemian and Early Weichselian. Mededelingen van de Geologische Stichting, Nieuwe Serie 14, 15-45.
Cite as
TNO-GDN ([YEAR]). Woudenberg Formation. In: Stratigraphic Nomenclature of the Netherlands, TNO – Geological Survey of the Netherlands. Accessed on [DATE] from https://www.dinoloket.nl/en/stratigraphic-nomenclature/woudenberg-formation.