Code
NUBEGR
Status
Formal (Westerhoff & Weerts 2003).
Lithologische beschrijving
Medium to very coarse sand and coarse gravel, with cobbles, boulders and blocks. Local loam or clay, especially at the top, coarse sand lenses.
Afzettingsmilieu
Fluvial (western Meuse).
Definitie ondergrens
Sharp contact with various Neogene, Paleogene, Cretaceous and Paleozoic units. Locally incised into Caberg or St. Pietersberg Members (Beegden Formation) or into Rhine sand and gravel (Sterksel Formation).
Definitie bovengrens
Locally exposed at the surface. Commonly, sharp contact with periglacial aeolian and local river loam and sand (Boxtel Formation). Locally incised by Oost-Maarland Member (Beegden Formation).
Dikte indicatie
Up to about 15 m.
Geografische verbreiding
Southeasternmost part of the Netherlands, along the Meuse river.
Regionale correlatie
North Sea: not present; UK: not present; GER: ?; BEL: ?
Ouderdom
Middle Pleistocene - Late Pleistocene (Saalian-Eemian).
Type section
Well:
Not yet determined.
Depth (thickness) AH:
Not yet determined.
Oorsprong naam
Named after the village of Gronsveld, close to the Belgian border in the southeasternmost Netherlands.
Vorige benaming(en)
Gronsveld Deposits, Veghel Formation (Felder & Bosch 1989).
Gereviewed door (datum)
Wim Dubelaar (2018), Sytze van Heteren (2019).
Referenties
Felder, W.M., Bosch, P.W. 1989. Geologische kaart van Zuid-Limburg en omgeving. Afzettingen van de Maas. Rijks Geologische Dienst, Haarlem.
Westerhof, W.E., Weerts, H.J.T. 2003. Beschrijving lithostratigrafische eenheid. Nederlands Instituut voor Toegepaste Geowetenschappen TNO. Utrecht.
Cite as
TNO-GDN ([YEAR]). Gronsveld Member. In: Stratigraphic Nomenclature of the Netherlands, TNO – Geological Survey of the Netherlands. Accessed on [DATE] from https://www.dinoloket.nl/en/stratigraphic-nomenclature/gronsveld-member.