Code
OBBS
Status
Informal (Van Adrichem Boogaert & Kouwe 1994).
Lithologische beschrijving
Interbedded dark-grey, partly calcareous mudstones, fine-grained sandstones and limestones, often nodular. Locally, red colours occur.
Afzettingsmilieu
Shallow marine sediment, deposited in a sheltered, low-energy environment. Occasional emergence may have occurred.
Definitie ondergrens
Not well documented. It should be placed at the contact with the underlying, more monotonous mudstones of the Bollen claystone formation. The final depth of well Kastanjelaan-2 may be close to this boundary.
Definitie bovengrens
Placed at the base of the thick, massive carbonates of the Zeeland Formation.
Dikte indicatie
Up to 49 m.
Geografische verbreiding
Regionale correlatie
UK: -; GER: ?; BEL: Bosscheveld Formation.
Ouderdom
Famennian - early Tournaisian.
Holostratotype
Depth (thickness) AH:
382 - 500.5 m (118.5 m)
Oorsprong naam
Named after the Bosscheveld quarter of the town of Maastricht in the province of Limburg, where the well Kastanjelaan-2 is situated.
Vorige benaming(en)
None.
Gereviewed door (datum)
Tom van Hoof (2017).
Referenties
Van Adrichem Boogaert, H.A. & Kouwe, W.F.P. 1994. Stratigraphic nomenclature of The Netherlands; revision and update by RGD and NOGEPA, Section B, Devonian and Dinantian. Mededelingen Rijks Geologische Dienst, 50, 1-20.
Cite as
TNO-GDN ([YEAR]). Bosscheveld formation. In: Stratigraphic Nomenclature of the Netherlands, TNO – Geological Survey of the Netherlands. Accessed on [DATE] from https://www.dinoloket.nl/en/stratigraphic-nomenclature/bosscheveld-formation.