Status
    
              Formal (Van Adrichem Boogaert & Kouwe 1995).
           
   
      Lithological description
    
              Succession of light- to dark-grey mudstones with frequent intercalations of coal seams and intervals of grey and buff, (sub-)angular, fairly- to poorly-sorted, very fine- to coarse-grained channel and sheet sandstones of 5 to 15 m thick. Fining- as well as coarsening-upward trends are common. The dark mudstones can contain a fresh- or brackish-water fossil assemblage.
 
           
   
      Depositional setting
    
              Alternation of lacustrine, swamp and flood-plain deposits. Sandstones deposited as low- and high-sinuosity fluvial channel fills, associated overbank deposits and lacustrine deltas.
 
           
   
      Definition of lower boundary
    
              Boundary with the Maurits Formation is situated at the base of the lowermost massive sandstone bed which has a thickness of several metres. The interval of the Maurits Formation underlying this member can be referred to informally as the main Maurits member (DCCUM).
 
           
   
      Definition of upper boundary
    
              Unconformably covered by the Chalk Group in the type well, but it can be succeeded conformably by the massive sandstones of the Neeroeteren Formation.
 
           
   
      Geographical distribution
    
   
      Age
    
              Latest Bashkirian - Moscovian.
           
   
      
              
  
    Holostratotype
  
  
    
              
  Depth (thickness) AH:
  
          B60C2126 (Kemperkoul-01)
498 - 935 m (437 m)
       
 
           
   
 
 
           
   
      Origin of name
    
              Named after the village of Kemperkoul in the south of the province of Limburg.
           
   
      Previous name(s)
    
              The member correlates with the upper part of the Productive Measures (DCCP) and the lower part of the Tubbergen Sandstone Formation (DCCT) of NAM & RGD (1980).
           
   
      References
    
              Van Adrichem Boogaert, H.A. & Kouwe, W.F.P. 1995. Stratigraphic nomenclature of The Netherlands, revision and update by RGD and NOGEPA, Section C, Silesian. Mededelingen Rijks Geologische Dienst, 50, 1-40.
              NAM & RGD 1980. Stratigraphic nomenclature of The Netherlands. Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Nederlands Geologisch Mijnbouwkundig Genootschap 32, 77 p.
           
   
      Cite as
    
              TNO-GDN ([YEAR]). Kemperkoul Member. In: Stratigraphic Nomenclature of the Netherlands, TNO – Geological Survey of the Netherlands. Accessed on [DATE] from http://acc.dinoloket.nl/en/stratigraphic-nomenclature/kemperkoul-member.