Code
NUWG
Status
Formal.
Lithologische beschrijving
Fine-grained sediment.
Afzettingsmilieu
Marine prodelta and delta-front, delta-top and fluvial (Rijsdijk et al. 2005).
Definitie ondergrens
Not yet determined.
Definitie bovengrens
Not yet determined.
Dikte indicatie
Not yet determined.
Geografische verbreiding
North Sea.
Regionale correlatie
UK: Westkapelle Ground Formation (Stoker et al. 2011); GER: ?; BEL: ?
Ouderdom
Pliocene.
Type section
Well:
Not yet determined.
Depth (thickness) AH:
Not yet determined.
Oorsprong naam
Named after an area off the coast of Westkapelle in the southwest of the Netherlands.
Vorige benaming(en)
None.
Gereviewed door (datum)
Geert-Jan Vis (2019).
Referenties
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
Stoker, M.S., Balson, P.S., Long, D., Tappin, D.R. 2011. An overview of the lithostratigraphical framework for the Quaternary deposits on the United Kingdom continental shelf. British Geological Survey Research Report, RR/11/03, 48 p.
Cite as
TNO-GDN ([YEAR]). Westkapelle Ground Formation. In: Stratigraphic Nomenclature of the Netherlands, TNO – Geological Survey of the Netherlands. Accessed on [DATE] from https://www.dinoloket.nl/en/stratigraphic-nomenclature/westkapelle-ground-formation.