Solling Formation

Code
RNSO
Status
Formal (Van Adrichem Boogaert & Kouw 1994).
Lithologische beschrijving

Basal, grey sandstone and overlying red claystone unit.

Afzettingsmilieu

Aeolian and braided-river deposits and lacustrine settings.

Definitie ondergrens

Defined by the Hardegsen Unconformity, the Solling Formation unconformably overlies the Main Buntsandstein Subgroup, or in areas of severe pre-Solling erosion, the Lower Buntsandstein Formation. The unconformity is usually marked by a well-cemented, basal sandstone, which shows a more pronounced response on wireline logs than the sandstones of the underlying Main Buntsandstein Subgroup.

Definitie bovengrens

Placed at the base of the Main Röt Evaporite Member. In the basin-fringe area, in the absence of the Main Röt Evaporite Member, this boundary may be difficult to identify.

Dikte indicatie
10 to 125 m.
Geografische verbreiding
Regionale correlatie
UK: ?; GER: Solling Formation; BEL: Solling Formation.
Ouderdom
latest Olenekian - earliest Anisian.
Holostratotype
Depth (thickness) AH:
3964 - 3970 m (6 m)
Parastratotype
Depth (thickness) AH:
2513 - 2515 m (2 m)
Parastratotype
Depth (thickness) AH:
2532 - 2535 m (3 m)
Oorsprong naam
Formation name derived from the German stratigraphic nomenclature.
Vorige benaming(en)
None.
Gereviewed door (datum)
Johan ten Veen (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 E, Triassic. Mededelingen Rijks Geologische Dienst, 50, 1-28.
Cite as
TNO-GDN ([YEAR]). Solling Formation. In: Stratigraphic Nomenclature of the Netherlands, TNO – Geological Survey of the Netherlands. Accessed on [DATE] from https://www.dinoloket.nl/en/stratigraphic-nomenclature/solling-formation.