Upper Holland Marl Member

Code
KNGLU
Status
Formal (NAM & RGD 1980).
Lithologische beschrijving

Light-grey and red-brown marls, and is characterised by an upsection increase in carbonate content.

Afzettingsmilieu

Middle- to outer-neritic marine setting, where fines and carbonates settled. Rare, thin sand layers were deposited during storms.

Definitie ondergrens

Sharp decrease in GR-log readings and an increase of resistivity and sonic velocity character. In halokinetically influenced settings this member can rest unconformably on the Altena Group or older sediments. The lower contact appears to be more or less conformable.

Definitie bovengrens

Base of the chalky limestones of the Chalk Group (or its equivalent basal greensands in the West Netherlands Basin), and this can be observed on wire-line logs as a pronounced decrease in GR-log response and increase in resistivity and sonic velocity readings. This boundary can become quite arbitrary in distal basinal settings. The upper contact appears to be more or less conformable.

Dikte indicatie
Generally does not exceed 100 m.
Geografische verbreiding
Regionale correlatie
UK: Rødby Formation; GER: ~Minden-Braunschweig-Gruppe; BEL: Hainaut Group.
Ouderdom
Albian.
Holostratotype
Depth (thickness) AH:
2295 - 2371 m (76 m)
Parastratotype
Depth (thickness) AH:
1127 - 1279 m (152 m)
Oorsprong naam
Named after the Dutch province of Zuid-Holland.
Vorige benaming(en)
None.
Gereviewed door (datum)
Sander Houben (2017).
Referenties
NAM & RGD 1980. Stratigraphic nomenclature of The Netherlands. Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Nederlands Geologisch Mijnbouwkundig Genootschap 32, 77 p.
Cite as
TNO-GDN ([YEAR]). Upper Holland Marl Member. In: Stratigraphic Nomenclature of the Netherlands, TNO – Geological Survey of the Netherlands. Accessed on [DATE] from http://acc.dinoloket.nl/en/stratigraphic-nomenclature/upper-holland-marl-member.