Reuver Bed

Code
NUKIRE
Status
Formal (Westerhoff 2003).
Lithologische beschrijving

Stiff bluish grey to brownish grey clay, slightly sandy to silty. Two or three lignite layers at the top. Locally, thin sand beds (very fine to fine).

Afzettingsmilieu

Fluvial (flood basin, swamp).

Definitie ondergrens

Sharp contact with fluvial sand (Kieseloolite Formation, undifferentiated) and with shallow-marine sand (Oosterhout Formation).

Definitie bovengrens

Sharp contact with channel and bar sand and gravel (Tegelen Member, Waalre Formation) or with clayey eolian of local river sand (Stramproy Formation).

Dikte indicatie
Up to about 5 m.
Geografische verbreiding
Southeastern Netherlands (Doppert et al. 1975; Westerhoff 2009).
Regionale correlatie
North Sea: not present; UK: not present; GER: Reuver Member, Kieseloolith Formation; BEL: Reuver Clay.
Ouderdom
late Miocene - Pliocene.
Type section
Well:
Not yet determined.
Depth (thickness) AH:
Not yet determined.
Oorsprong naam
Named after the village of Reuver, on the German border in the southeastern Netherlands.
Vorige benaming(en)
Reuver Clay (Doppert et al. 1975).
Gereviewed door (datum)
Wim Dubelaar (2018), Sytze van Heteren (2019).
Referenties
Doppert, J.W.Chr., Ruegg, G.H.J., Van Staalduinen, C.J., Zagwijn, W.H., Zandstra, J.G. 1975. Formaties van het Kwartair en Boven-Tertiair in Nederland. In: Zagwijn, W.H., Van Staalduinen, C.J. (eds.): Toelichting bij geologische overzichtskaarten van Nederland. Rijks Geologische Dienst, Haarlem, 11-56.
Westerhoff, W.E. 2003. Beschrijving lithostratigrafische eenheid. Nederlands Instituut voor Toegepaste Geowetenschappen TNO. Utrecht.
Westerhoff, W.E. 2009. Stratigraphy and sedimentary evolution. The lower Rhine-Meuse system during the Late Pliocene and Early Pleistocene (southern North Sea Basin). PhD Thesis Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. In: Geology of the Netherlands 2. TNO - Geological Survey of the Netherlands, 168 p.
Cite as
TNO-GDN ([YEAR]). Reuver Bed. In: Stratigraphic Nomenclature of the Netherlands, TNO – Geological Survey of the Netherlands. Accessed on [DATE] from https://www.dinoloket.nl/en/stratigraphic-nomenclature/reuver-bed.