Code
ROCLB
Status
Formal (Van Adrichem Boogaert & Kouwe 1994).
Lithological description
Thick, red-brown, sandy clay- and siltstone interval with some intercalated sand-/siltstone stringers and beds. Anhydritic nodules can be common in the claystones of some intervals.
Depositional setting
Playa lake fringe to mudflat.
Definition of lower boundary
Unconformably on the grey, black or secondarily reddened coal measures of the Limburg Group.
Definition of upper boundary
Placed at the base of the first thick sandstone bed of the Upper Slochteren Member.
Thickness indication
Up to 200 m.
Geographical distribution
Regional correlation
UK: ?; GER: ?; BEL: -.
Age
Capitanian - Wuchiapingian.
Holostratotype
Depth (thickness) AH:
2890 - 3005 m (115 m)
Origin of name
Named after the municipality of Buren on the Wadden island of Ameland.
Previous name(s)
None.
Reviewed by (date)
Harmen Mijnlieff (2017).
References
Van Adrichem Boogaert, H.A. & Kouwe, W.F.P. 1994. Stratigraphic nomenclature of The Netherlands; revision and update by RGD and NOGEPA, Section D, Permian. Mededelingen Rijks Geologische Dienst, 50, 1-42.
Cite as
TNO-GDN ([YEAR]). Buren Member. In: Stratigraphic Nomenclature of the Netherlands, TNO – Geological Survey of the Netherlands. Accessed on [DATE] from http://acc.dinoloket.nl/en/stratigraphic-nomenclature/buren-member.