Code
NUSB
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: Southern Bight Formation (Stoker et al. 2011); GER: ?; BEL: ?
Ouderdom
Holocene.
Type section
Well:
Not yet determined.
Depth (thickness) AH:
Not yet determined.
Oorsprong naam
Named after the southern bight of the North Sea bounded by the coasts of the Netherlands, Belgium, France and Great Britain.
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]). Southern Bight Formation. In: Stratigraphic Nomenclature of the Netherlands, TNO – Geological Survey of the Netherlands. Accessed on [DATE] from http://acc.dinoloket.nl/en/stratigraphic-nomenclature/southern-bight-formation.