Lievelde Member

Code
NUOOLI
Status
Formal (Ebbing & De Lang 2003).
Lithological description

Grey to white very fine to fine sand, coarsening upward, very well sorted, non-calcareous, locally micaceous, slightly glauconitic, cemented horizons.

Depositional setting

Shallow-marine (shallowing in the course of time) or near-coastal fluvial.

Definition of lower boundary

Gradual transition into shallow-marine fine sand (Delden Member, Breda Formation).

Definition of upper boundary

Sharp, unconformable contact with coarse Pleistocene fluvial deposits (Kiezeloolite, Waalre and Peize Formations).

Thickness indication
Up to about 25 m ( Van den Bosch et al. 1975; Van den Berg & Den Otter 1993).
Geographical distribution
Eastern and northeastern Netherlands. Northern limit unknown.
Regional correlation
North Sea: not present; UK: not present; GER: not distinguished; BEL: not present.
Age
Pliocene.
Holostratotype
Well:
Not yet determined.
Depth (thickness) AH:
Not yet determined.
Comments:
Lievelde borehole? (Van den Bosch et al. 1975).
Origin of name
Named after the village of Lievelde, in the east of the Netherlands.
Previous name(s)
Part of the Scheemda Formation (Van den Berg & Den Otter 1993). Lievelde Deposits (partial correspondence; Van den Berg & Gaemers 1993).
Reviewed by (date)
Wim Dubelaar (2018), Sytze van Heteren (2019).
References
Ebbing, J.H.J., De Lang, F.D. 2003. Beschrijving lithostratigrafische eenheid. Nederlands Instituut voor Toegepaste Geowetenschappen TNO. Utrecht.
Van den Berg, M.W., Den Otter, C. (eds.) 1993. Toelichtingen bij de Geologische kaart van Nederland 1: 50.000. Blad Almelo Oost/Denekamp (28O/29), Rijks Geologische Dienst, Haarlem.
Van den Berg, M.W., Gaemers, P. 1993. Tertiair. In: Van den Berg, M.W., Den Otter, C. (eds.): Toelichtingen bij de Geologische kaart van Nederland 1:50.000. Blad Almelo Oost/Denekamp (28O/29). Rijks Geologische Dienst, Haarlem.
Van den Bosch, M., Cadée, M.C., Janssen, A.W. 1975. Lithostratigraphical and biostratigraphical subdivision of Tertiary deposits (Oligocene - Pliocene) in the Winterswijk - Almelo region (eastern part of the Netherlands). Scripta Geologica, 29, 1-167.
Cite as
TNO-GDN ([YEAR]). Lievelde Member. In: Stratigraphic Nomenclature of the Netherlands, TNO – Geological Survey of the Netherlands. Accessed on [DATE] from http://acc.dinoloket.nl/en/stratigraphic-nomenclature/lievelde-member.