Code
OS
Status
Informal. Only a few wells in the Netherlands have reached rocks older than the Devonian. The limited data do not allow for a formal lithostratigraphical description of the strata encountered. First mentioned in Van Adrichem Boogaert & Kouwe (1994).
Lithological description
Mudstones, dark grey to black.
Depositional setting
Foreland basin. Well O18-01 lies close to well 53/16-1 in the UK sector of the North Sea and the turbidite facies in both indicate a Silurian deep-water basin extending from the UK to Belgium and the Netherlands (Pharaoh 1999; De Vos et al. 2010).
Definition of lower boundary
Not yet defined.
Definition of upper boundary
Not yet defined.
Thickness indication
Not yet defined.
Geographical distribution
Not yet defined.
Regional correlation
Not yet defined.
Age
Silurian (> 419 Ma).
Holostratotype
Well:
Depth (thickness) AH:
2952 - 3051 m (99 m)
Comments:
This is not a formal stratotype. This well merely demonstrates the possible presence of rocks of Silurian age in the Dutch subsurface.
Parastratotype
Well:
B48E0162 (KTG-01)
Depth (thickness) AH:
1690 - 1900 m (210 m)
Comments:
This is not a formal stratotype. This well merely demonstrates the possible presence of rocks of Silurian age in the Dutch subsurface. No download available.
Origin of name
None.
Previous name(s)
None.
Reviewed by (date)
Geert-Jan Vis (2018).
References
De Vos, W., Feldrappe, H., Pharaoh, T.C., Smith, N.J.P., Vejbæk, O.V., Verniers, J., Nawrocki, J., Poprawa, P. & Bełka, Z.,
2010. Pre-Devonian. In: Doornenbal, J.C. and Stevenson, A.G. (editors): Petroleum Geological Atlas of the Southern
Permian Basin Area. EAGE Publications b.v. (Houten), 59-69.
2010. Pre-Devonian. In: Doornenbal, J.C. and Stevenson, A.G. (editors): Petroleum Geological Atlas of the Southern
Permian Basin Area. EAGE Publications b.v. (Houten), 59-69.
Pharaoh, T.C., 1999. Palaeozoic terranes and their lithospheric boundaries within the Trans-European Suture Zone (TESZ):
a review. Tectonophysics 314, 17-41.
a review. Tectonophysics 314, 17-41.
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]). Silurian. In: Stratigraphic Nomenclature of the Netherlands, TNO – Geological Survey of the Netherlands. Accessed on [DATE] from https://www.dinoloket.nl/en/stratigraphic-nomenclature/silurian.