Code
DCH
Status
Formal (Van Adrichem Boogaert & Kouwe 1995).
Lithologische beschrijving
Succession of largely orange- or brownish-red, but also grey or variegated mudstones with some intercalated sandstone beds, mostly without coal seams.
Afzettingsmilieu
Distal flood-plain deposition with sheet floods and small-scale fluvial channels.
Definitie ondergrens
Not yet determined.
Definitie bovengrens
Not yet determined.
Dikte indicatie
Up to 797 m (GRL-01).
Geografische verbreiding
The upper Ketch Member of the Schooner Formation and the Brig Formation of Cameron (1993) are partial lithostratigraphic counterparts in the UK offshore.
Regionale correlatie
UK: upper Ketch Member and Brig Formation; GER: Ruhr-Gruppe; BEL: Strijen Formation and Neeroeteren Formation.
Ouderdom
Moscovian.
Holostratotype
Well:
Depth (thickness) AH:
2232 - 2987 m (755 m)
Oorsprong naam
Named after the Hunze river, which runs through the province of Drenthe, where deposits of this subgroup are common in the subsurface.
Vorige benaming(en)
Barren Measures (DCCR) (NAM 1980).
Gereviewed door (datum)
Tom van Hoof (2017).
Referenties
Cameron, T.D.J. 1993. Carboniferous and Devonian of the Southern North Sea. ln: Knox. R.W.0'8. & Cordey, W.G. (eds.) Lithostratigraphic nomenclature of the UK North Sea 5, British Geological Survey, Nottingham, 94 p.
Van Adrichem Boogaert, H.A. & Kouwe, W.F.P. 1995. Stratigraphic nomenclature of The Netherlands, revision and update by RGD and NOGEPA, Section C, Silesian. Mededelingen Rijks Geologische Dienst, 50, 1-40.
Cite as
TNO-GDN ([YEAR]). Hunze Subgroup. In: Stratigraphic Nomenclature of the Netherlands, TNO – Geological Survey of the Netherlands. Accessed on [DATE] from https://www.dinoloket.nl/en/stratigraphic-nomenclature/hunze-subgroup.