Code
NUDBVO
Status
Formal.
Lithological description
Fine-grained sediments.
Depositional setting
Youngest glacial valley fills (Rijsdijk et al. 2005).
Definition of lower boundary
Not yet determined.
Definition of upper boundary
Not yet determined.
Thickness indication
Not yet determined.
Geographical distribution
North Sea.
Regional correlation
UK: Volans Member; GER: ?; BEL: ?
Age
Late Pleistocene (Weichselian).
Type section
Well:
Not yet determined.
Depth (thickness) AH:
Not yet determined.
Origin of name
Unclear.
Previous name(s)
Volans Formation.
Reviewed by (date)
Geert-Jan Vis (2019).
References
Rijsdijk, K.F., Passchier, S., Weerts, H.J.T., Laban, C., Van Leeuwen, R.J.W., Ebbing, J.H.J. 2005. Revised Upper Cenozoic stratigraphy of the Dutch sector of the North Sea Basin: towards an integrated lithostratigraphic, seismostratigraphic and allostratigraphic approach. Netherlands Journal of Geosciences 84, 129-146. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0016774600023015
Cite as
TNO-GDN ([YEAR]). Volans Member. In: Stratigraphic Nomenclature of the Netherlands, TNO – Geological Survey of the Netherlands. Accessed on [DATE] from https://www.dinoloket.nl/en/stratigraphic-nomenclature/volans-member.