Code
NUSBBU
Status
Formal.
Lithologische beschrijving
Shell rich sand.
Afzettingsmilieu
High-energy open marine. Deposits mobilised by wave
action or tidal currents (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: Buitenbanken Formation (Cameron et al. 1984); GER: ?; BEL: ?
Ouderdom
Holocene.
Type section
Well:
Not yet determined.
Depth (thickness) AH:
Not yet determined.
Oorsprong naam
Named after a shoal in the North Sea, off the coast of Belgium.
Vorige benaming(en)
Buitenbanken Formation.
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
Cameron, T.D.J., Laban, C., Schüttenhelm, R.T.E. 1984. Solid Geology, Quaternary Geology and Sea-Bed Sediments of the United Kingdom and Continental Shelf. British Geological Survey, 1:250 000 series, 52N-02E Quaternary: Flemish Bight, Quaternary Geology, MR/85/38. (Southampton: Ordnance Survey for the British Geological Survey.)
Cite as
TNO-GDN ([YEAR]). Buitenbanken Member. In: Stratigraphic Nomenclature of the Netherlands, TNO – Geological Survey of the Netherlands. Accessed on [DATE] from http://acc.dinoloket.nl/en/stratigraphic-nomenclature/buitenbanken-member.